Speaking in absolutes is generally not advisable.
Posted on 06/02/2018 9:01:44 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
During African-American Music Appreciation Month, we celebrate the tremendous achievements and contributions of African-American musicians. The musical ingenuity of talented African American artists laid the foundation for so many recognizable and cherished genres of music, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, hip hop, and rap.
Throughout our history, African-American music has demonstrated its power to elicit comfort, healing, happiness, conviction, and inspiration — as well as its ability to unite people of all backgrounds. Today, it resonates in jazz quartets, rock and roll guitar solos, gospel choirs, and hip hop beats. The expression of these artistic and diverse styles of music acts as a voice for freedom, justice, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
African-American music has played a significant role in shaping the American dream and instilling a sense of pride in being an “American.” The talent and creativity of pioneers like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Etta James, Whitney Houston, and many others have indelibly enriched our culture and our lives. As Etta James noted, “I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.” Etta James recognized that the history and evolution of music in America reflects our country’s cultural uniqueness and our country’s commitment to protect and love every voice.
African-American music brings together people of all backgrounds — people who hum it, whistle it, and sing it — to enjoy blended tunes and hard-to-hit notes. Its contagious rhythm empowers its listeners to recall memories of the past and grow excited for the future. Our Nation is indebted to all the African-American artists whose music fills our airways and our homes, lifts our spirits, and compels us to think, dance, and sing. These musicians and their legacies ignite our imaginations and prove to us that the sky is the limit.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2018 as African-American Music Appreciation Month. I call upon public officials, educators, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs that raise awareness and appreciation of African-American music.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Has any Republican President, candidate, or legislator has openly met with black celebrities such as Kanye West and proclaimed a Black Music Month without being condescending or pandering?
Trump is chipping away at the black vote. If just 10-20% of them stay home or go back to their natural home of the GOP, it would be the death spiral for the Democrats.
Very funny. This is also flipping a finger to the June always being homo celebrating month.
Ragtime music needs to be included!!
Especially from Scott Joplin (1868–1917) (Maple Leaf Rag), the King of Ragtime (Brun "The Ragtime Kid" Campbell was his only white student). And from Arthur Marshall (Swipesy Cakewalk, w/ Joplin)(I heard him play it in 1960), James Scott (Hilarity Rag), Charles Johnson (Dill Pickles Rag), Scott Hayden (Something Doing), Louis Chauvin (Heliotrope Bouquet), Blind Boone (Southern Rag Medley No. 2), and many, many more.
We’re all a brown color. Some lighter and some darker. There are no white or black people.
It does, thank you very much!
Muddy Waters
I am ready, as ready as anybody can be
I am ready, ready as anybody can be
I am ready for you, I hope you ready for me
I got a axe-handled pistol on a graveyard frame
That shoot tombstone bullets, wearing balls and chain
I’m drinking TNT, I’m smoking dynamite
I hope some screwball start a fight
Nope. It’s rktman’s birthday month. Started celebrating yesterday and continues all month long. ;-)
To date, no one has equaled the Detroit sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCBXTfoVq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO76Jlnz6c
HOORAY pop culture artists and timeless talents.
HOORAY America.
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (Jazz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZruwLwN4WM
Compared to all the other respectable black genres, "hip hop, and rap" are not music at all, and will be rightfully flushed down the crapper of musical history. It's nothing more than the drug-addled anti-American rants of jabbering murderers, dealers and pimps.
Speaking in absolutes is generally not advisable.
Yeah, we understand what’s up.
Definitely!
+10
Had the BLT / Turkey at Arby’s - good stuff.
But it was in May, so....
See that big empty space to the right of him? That’s White.
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