Black History Month

 

Black History Month

                                                   

It's October which means we've entered the month where we should be celebrating Black History including past Black achievements, successful, people and rights. However we should also be paying more attention to our current situation and the way that society needs to move forward in order to creating a loving, peaceful world.

As part of my contribution to raise awareness of Black History, I have created a series of posts celebrating and advocating Black artists and composers who have been neglected throughout history and Black Music. 

Alongside this, I have currently changed the logo of the blog to show my support for the Black community.

I hope you enjoy these posts and learn more about Music within Black History as we need to be made more aware of Black History in order to create a more civilised society. Let me know if you have any ideas or questions for the blog.




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