The documentary features clips of some of the most recognized Black artists of all-time. The film is bookended by clips of Nina Simone performing her song “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black.” From here the film tracks the history of Black music to Africa and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, pointing to the influence of traditional African drumming and also indicating that slave masters encouraged sing
- द्वारा Hugh A. Robertson, American, 1932 - 1988, Cannonball Adderley, American, 1928 - 1975, Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971, Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975, Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984, Northern Calloway, American, 1948 - 1990, Irene Cara, American, born 1959, Roy Eldridge, American, 1911 - 1989, Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974, Doug Grant, American, 1959 - 2018, Coleman Hawkins, American, 1904 - 1969, Melanie Henderson, American, born 1957, Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959, Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972, B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015, Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003, Bessie Smith, American, 1894 - 1937, Sly Stone, American, 1943 - 2025, Hattie Mae Winston, American, born 1945, Joe Zawinul, Austrian, 1932 - 2007, D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- श्रेय: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- अधिकार: CC0
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