In their minds, the North served as their Canaan and is recognizable in certain spirituals, "a distinctive musical genre derived from the fusion of the Anglo-American style of hymnody with the distinctive rhythms and concerns of the slave community".12 Slaves saw that the story of Exodus contradicted the White-American notion that blacks were meant to be kept in enslavement and seemed to prove that the fundamental ideas that slavery was built upon were against the will of God and would come to an end.13 Some scholars believed that much of the African heritage that slaves had prior to thei...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rock and roll music was formerly made up of only whites, but gradually African-Americans moved into that genre of music. ... Another place African Americans have separated themselves is in the workplace. ...

• Word Count: 2518
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• Grade Level: High School

February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. Within the public and private sector, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were continually dehum...

• Word Count: 3305
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School