The History of Black Music:
A Living Continuum

A 10-part video course with guided study, quizzes, and certificates — designed for schools, arts organizations, and community programs.

Bring a structured, culturally grounded learning experience to your community with simple access codes and optional instructor tools.

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UNIFIED STUDY GUIDES

Part 10 - The Continuum: Black Music as the World’s Pulse

This part affirms Black music as history itself: a living organism that continues to grow, respond, and create new forms of expression with each generation.

Part 9 - Hip-Hop: The New Griot Tradition

This part frames hip-hop not simply as a genre, but as a living cultural system rooted in African diasporic traditions of oral history, rhythm, improvisation, and communal exchange.

Part 8 - The Black Arts Movement: Art as Revolutionary Practice

This part situates Black music within a broader ecosystem of revolutionary cultural production, where sound becomes strategy and creativity becomes practice of freedom.

Part 7 - Funk: Rhythm as Resistance

This part frames funk not only as a musical genre, but as a cultural practice that fused pleasure with politics and embodied freedom.

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This course is a structured online curriculum

built for real learning outcomes.

Includes:

10 video segments (chronological, story-driven instruction)
Unified study guides for each part (key ideas, context, references, visuals)
10 quizzes (8–10 questions each) for reinforcement
Certificates of completion + digital badges
Mobile-friendly access for participants

WHO IT’S FOR

This program is a strong fit for:

Arts commissions and state arts agencies
Public libraries and cultural centers
K–12 enrichment and after-school programs
Colleges and university departments
Museums, heritage programs, community orgs
Professional development for educators and teaching artists

BENEFITS FOR INSTITUTIONS
Why organizations choose this program

Cultural
value

Supports Black music history education as a living tradition

Preserves knowledge through documented, guided learning materials

Program
value

Works for workshops, classrooms, enrichment programs, and public programming

Participants leave with proof of completion (certificate + badge)

Operational
value

Easy deployment through access codes
Optional cohort support (private group discussion + moderation)

Designed to scale — serve 25 learners or 500+

Reporting value (if needed)

Helps partners document participation and outcomes for grants or programming reports

OPTIONS FOR PARTNERS
Choose the access model that fits your program

Institutional Access (codes)

Best for organizations who want simple distribution to participants

Cohort / Classroom Edition (custom)

Private cohort group for discussion

Optional instructor back-end tools

Optional moderation support

Teaching Pack (educators)

A facilitation-ready package for instructors:

course map + pacing suggestions

discussion prompts

optional assignments (if you want to add later)

Ready to bring this program to your community?

Request Institutional Access and we’ll respond with the best option for your program size and timeline.

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J Plunky Branch

Presenter

Rasul Elder

Program Director

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