This encyclopedia entry gives a brief history of rap and hip hop and the influences of the music on modern culture.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Austrian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Colombian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Honduran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Puerto Rican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bulgarian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cambodian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Costa Rican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Czech Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ghanaian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Israeli Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jamaican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Moroccan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Romanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Sierra Leonean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of South African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ukrainian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Entry, from an online encyclopedia of African American history, for Josephine Baker.

This encyclopedia entry extols Queen Latifah as the most influential female rap singer. You can read about her evolution as a rap singer and actress.

By examining the lives and lyrics of popular, positive black female rappers such as Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill, learners can trace a direct line back to the inspirational writer and poet, Maya Angelou. Rap lyrics will help explicate...

Synopsis of the huge cultural shifts that occurred in America in the 1920s in art, music, literature, and among intelligentsia.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Sioux, a Native American tribe. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Jack the Rapper (Jack Gibson) helped open the first African-American-owned radio station in the United States, WERD in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1949. Gibson learned about radio while working as a gofer for deejay Al Benson in Chicago. He...