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Music News: Happy African-American Music Appreciation Month!
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Happy African-American Music Appreciation Month!
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release May 28, 2010
Presidential Proclamation- African-American Music Appreciation Month
Music can tell a story, assuage our sorrows, provide blessing and redemption, and express a soul's sublime and powerful beauty. It inspires us daily, giving voice to the human spirit. For many, including the African-American community, music unites individuals through a shared heritage. During African-American Music Appreciation Month, we celebrate the extraordinary legacy of African-American singers, composers, and musicians, as well as their indelible contributions to our Nation and our world.
Throughout our history, African-American music has conveyed the hopes and hardships of a people who have struggled, persevered and overcome. Through centuries of injustice, music comforted slaves, fueled a cultural renaissance, and sustained a movement for equality. Today, from the shores of Africa and the islands of the Caribbean to the jazz clubs of New Orleans and the music halls of Detroit, African-American music reflects the rich sounds of many experiences, cultures, and locales.
African-American musicians have created and expanded a variety of musical genres, synthesizing diverse artistic traditions into a distinctive soundscape. The soulful strains of gospel, the harmonic and improvisational innovations of jazz, the simple truth of the blues, the rhythms of rock and roll, and the urban themes of hip-hop all blend into a refrain of song and narrative that traces our Nation's history.
These quintessentially American styles of music have helped provide a common soundtrack for people of diverse cultures and backgrounds, and have joined Americans together not just on the dance floor, but also in our churches, in our public spaces, and in our homes. This month, we honor the talent and genius of African-American artists who have defined, shaped, and enriched our country through music, and we recommit to sharing their splendid gifts with our children and grandchildren.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 2010 as African-American Music Appreciation Month. I call upon public officials, educators, and the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs that raise awareness and foster appreciation of African-American music.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
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Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Beyonce etc  . >>>>>>
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This happens to be the most random "official" month ever. There are several national crises to be dealt with..this just seems relatively unimportant to have ATM.
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Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Prince, Donna Summer, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald >>>>>> Your Favorites
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Originally posted by GaGaFan
This happens to be the most random "official" month ever. There are several national crises to be dealt with..this just seems relatively unimportant to have ATM.
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That's a nice thought but I doubt a significant amount of presidential time and effort were devoted to this proclamation.
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 YESSS i'm HERE for it.
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Ok now black people.
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Ahh, us black people and our music 
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Originally posted by BeatZ
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Some quality American music right there
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