Sublime

creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,

representative of black freedom.

Max Roach:

In the black neighborhoods, he learned that developing one’s own sound was essential and that sound and feeling were paramount over technique.

A Love Supreme

Bernice Johnson Reagon,

All these men were accomplished musicians leading black bands that played across the Midwest and South to predominantly black audiences in mostly segregated communities.