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AF AMER M116B

African American Musical Heritage

(Formerly numbered M12B.) (Same as Ethnomusicology M110B and Global Jazz Studies M110B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history and survey of African American music covering blues, pre-1947 jazz styles, rhythm 'n' blues, soul, funk, disco, hip-hop, and symbiotic relationship between recording industry and effects of cultural politics on black popular music productions. P/NP or letter grading.

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.
No grade history for this course — the data runs Fall 2021 to Spring 2025.