Black Scholarship and Black Culture

Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Radio

Many Black Academic Scholars are also active practitioners in our respective cultures and traditions. That doesn't negate their ability to teach, mentor, or share skills and tricks of the trade with the folk. It actually makes them even more qualified. Some feel Black Scholars who are educated or formally trained cannot teach or pass on the folk tradition. I see it differently, and here's why.

Charlotte Forten Grimke

NAMA HARLEM (New Amsterdam Musical Association)

Colored Musicians Club

John Wesley Work III

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