Black History Month Mini Project

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  1. 1. The (blank) was one of the most important instruments in early African American music.
  2. 6. African traditions, along with those of Europe and the Americas became the (blank) of American music? (hint - two words)
  3. 7. Musical Crossroads uses (blank) to explore the ways in which African American musicians and music lovers exercised personal agency and asserted their identities even in the face of daily humiliation and oppression by the American mainstream.
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  1. 2. Born in the Virgin Islands in 1889, this composer and bandleader became the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy in 1917. (first and last name)
  2. 3. This person struggled for commercial autonomy while defying racial, gender, and genre norms with his uncategorizable music.
  3. 4. The music of African Americans is a (blank) of the musical traditions of Africa, Europe, and Native American cultures, along with other influences from around the world.
  4. 5. This type of music is an iconic example of African American musical hybridity.