The deal with Columbia Records didn’t work out, but she bounced back by aligning herself with legendary recording executive Clive Davis. In the end, she continued pursuing music professionally under the name Alicia Keys. Upon graduation, she entertained offers from Columbia University and Columbia Records but found juggling school and a music career difficult. The last of the resisting forces didn’t surrender until June 2, and on June 18, Union Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas-with troops-and announced the emancipation of slaves. News of General Lee’s surrender didn’t reach that region until April 1865, and some slaveholders withheld that information from their human chattel. It’s estimated that there were about 250,000 enslaved people living in Texas at that time. Some slaveholders had migrated to Texas to escape the fighting, and they brought slaves with them. However, some rebel forces continued to resist the abolition of slavery, and news traveled slowly in those days, so it took two years for everyone to get (and accept) the memo. HBCUs began to pop up around the country, mostly in the South, shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, in response to the need for freed slaves to learn trades and get an education. That oak tree now stands at the entrance of Hampton University, one of the most well-known Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States. Lincoln’s first Southern reading of the Emancipation Proclamation took place that year in Virginia, at what is known today as The Emancipation Oak. It abolished slavery in the Confederacy and freed over 3.5 million Black people, but it took a while before it was fully in effect. The Academy is also developing an industry Inclusion Rider and Toolkit to be released later this year.The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln in September 1862 and went into effect on January 1, 1863. In addition to the recent hiring of Butterfield Jones as part of the recommendations by a task force led by Time’s Up’s Tina Tchen, the Recording Academy also recently made a $1 million donation to Color of Change and aligned with Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, the founders of #TheShowMustBePaused movement. “We’re thrilled to help develop the leaders of tomorrow with impactful educational and experiential programs that we will announce in coming weeks.”Īlso Read: Apple TV+ Sets Christmas Special With Mariah Carey “As Black music continues to drive culture, it is essential we grow and maintain representation within the Academy and the music industry,” Valeisha Butterfield Jones, chief diversity and inclusion officer of the Recording Academy, said in a statement. Together, we will elevate Black music creators within our organization and the industry at large.” “Through the past few months, I’ve been personally invested in propelling this collective along with Chapter leadership within the Academy.
Creating an open space for Black music creators can only benefit our membership as a whole,” Harvey Mason Jr., chair and interim president/CEO of the Recording Academy, said in a statement. “The Black Music Collective is necessary to help drive the Recording Academy into a new era. chapter executive director Jeriel Johnson will lead the initiative internally. Recording Academy trustee Riggs Morales and Washington, D.C. The formation of the group comes after the Recording Academy pledged back in July to create a music advisory group in partnership with Color of Change.Īlso Read: Recording Academy Partners With, Donates $1 Million to Color of Change to Advance Diversity in MusicĪ leadership committee will be confirmed in the coming weeks and will work with the honorary chairs in encouraging participation among members and initiate programs to boost more Black membership in the Recording Academy.
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Members can speak openly about new opportunities in Black music across genres and how to drive more representation. The Black Music Collective, or BMC, is made up of Black music creators and professionals with the goal of amplifying Black voices within the Academy and music community at large. The Recording Academy is launching the Black Music Collective as part of its push for more diversity in music, and icons Quincy Jones, John Legend, Debra Lee, Jimmy Jam, Jeffrey Harleston and Sylvia Rhone will serve as honorary chairs of the new initiative.
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