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BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #9: Court Overturns 2Live Crew Obscenity Ruling
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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
56 Forsyth Street, NW, Atlanta, GA
When: 5/8/1992
What: After two years of countersuits and trials, the Eleventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous ruling that 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be was obscene and sale of the album illegal. The decision was a major win for free speech in music.
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BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #25: Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie First African-Americans To Win Grammy Awards
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9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
When: May 4, 1959
What: At the first ever Grammy Awards, legendary songstress Ella Fitzgerald and bandleader Count Basie become the first African Americans to win Grammy Awards.
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Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #36: O’Jays Release First Record
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Canton, OH 44702
When: 1958
What: Formed in 1958 in Canton, Ohio, the O’Jays were inspired to start their singing group after seeing a performance by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. First calling themselves the Triumphs and then the Mascots, they made their recording debut in 1961 with the single “Miracles,” issued on Cincinnati-based King records. Two years later, they renamed themselves The O’Jays,
Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #37: Marion Anderson Performs On The Steps Of The Lincoln Memorial
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Washington D.C., DC 20037
When: April 9, 1939
What: Marian Anderson wanted to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington DC, but at the time African-Americans were not allowed to perform there. Instead, Anderson sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 75,000 people attended, and the performance became a symbol of the Civil Rights movement.
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Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #38: First Ever Rock & Roll Concert, Moondog Coronation Ball
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3717 Euclid Avenue
When: March 21, 1959
What: Organized by Alan Freed, a disc jockey considered to have coined the term “Rock and Roll” at WJW-Radio, and generally accepted as the first major rock and roll concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball drew an estimated 20,000 people trying to crowd into an arena that held slightly more than half that. The fire authorities shut down
Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #39: Bo Diddley Becomes First Black Performer On Ed Sullivan Show
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Maxine Elliot Theater
39th & Broadway New York, NY 10018
When: November 20, 1955
What: Bo-Diddley becomes the first black performer on the most popular program on American television, “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
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Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #41: Ohio Players Founded
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1743 Academy Place, Dayton, OH 45406
When: 1959
What: The Ohio Players are one of the greatest R&B and funk groups to come out of the Dayton scene in the 70s. The band’s grooves, fortified in funk, are still being raided by Hip-Hop producers today.
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Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #54: Miles Davis Learns To Play The Trumpet
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Lincoln High School
East St. Louis, IL 62201
When: 1939
What: Miles Davis picked up the trumpet at his father’s behest after the family moved from Alton, IL to East St. Louis, IL when he was about a year old.
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Read MoreBLACK MUSIC MOMENT #56: John Coltrane Born
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Hamlet Avenue at Bridges Street, Hamlet, NC
When: September 23, 1926
What: The iconic jazz saxophonist and composer is known as one of the greatest influences on the birth and development of jazz, receiving many posthumous awards and recognitions, including canonization by the African Orthodox Church as Saint John William Coltrane.
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