Curated category
Culture of the Southern United States
- Soul musicRay Charles released the single I Got a Woman in 1954, marking a pivotal moment where gospel fervor met secular lyrics. This recording combined blues, rhythm…
- Planter classIn 1532, Brazil became the first major plantation colony in the Americas. European powers sought tropical crops to satisfy growing demand back home.
- African-American cultureIn 1850, a group of enslaved people in Georgia lived under the shadow of white supremacy that sought to strip them of their African culture.
- Deep SouthThe term Deep South describes a cultural and geographic subregion of the United States. Most definitions typically include five states: Louisiana…
- Country musicIn the early 1920s, a young fiddler named Henry Gilliland stood in a small studio in Bristol, Tennessee. He held his instrument tight as he prepared to…
- Rock and rollIn the late 1940s, a new sound began to take shape in the United States. It emerged from a blending of black musical genres like rhythm and blues with…