HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas rap legend Bun B just released a new song, but this latest composition isn't just for the entertainment of music fans. The UGK founder contributed "This Is What We Do" ...

Let's sing a song for freedom this Juneteenth. Let's lift every voice. Let's celebrate our freedom of will, of mind, of spirit — our freedom to march on. We know that this march isn't over, this fight ...

And finally today, because it is Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S., we wanted to end the program with some Black musicians who've come together to mark the ...

2004-04-16T18:58:06-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/Capitol_default-image.jpgSeveral musicians talked with co-hosts Mr. Milewski and Mr. Paulson about popular ...

Though he recognized their revolutionary undercurrent, W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), the brilliant, still influential Black sociologist, poignantly called American spirituals the “Sorrow Songs.” He also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King ...

"Soundtrack for a Revolution" is a window into the musical and lyrical soul of civil rights movement, as well as the men and women that used song to give them the strength and solidarity to stand up ...

YWCA camp for girls. Highland Beach, Maryland, 1930. These photos are from the Scurlock Studio Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Read more about the photos at the end ...