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When the men wrongly convicted in the racially-charged Central Park Five rape case were granted $40-plus million in a settlement with New York City, many had felt…

On this date in 1964, Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” recording becomes his first and only number one record. Armstrong(August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed ‘Satchmo’ or ‘Pops’, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was […]

 Black music is in fact America's original music, and the Spirituals-Blues-Jazz-Gospel-Charleston-Twist-HipHop gift is the foundation not only of  rhythm and blues but also of Broadway and The Grammys. Check out three of the most major moments in Black Music History.