Though he was a northerner who traveled only once below the Mason-Dixon line, Stephen Foster wrote many of those songs, as well: “Camptown Races,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Folks at ...

The influence of Black culture can be seen in blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, and hip hop as we know it today, according to Dr. Shelby Chipman, director of bands and music professor at Florida A&M ...