Swing and Scat Era, Stride Piano, and The Blues
Ramona Dunlap SINGS "It Don’t Mean A Thing" 

Richard C. Alston PLAYS "Keep Off the Grass"

Jannie Jones SINGS  "Go Back to Where You Stayed Last Night"



The Sounds of Race in the South were heard through Poetry
T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS "To a Dark Girl" 

Charles Reese PERFORMS "I Too"

Natasha Yvette Williams SINGS "How I Got Over"





Race commentary into Classical and Political 
Reggie Whitehead SINGS "Ain’t Necessarily So" 

Charles Reese PERFORMS "Democracy" 

The Viva School DANCES "Side by Side on the A Train" 





Evolution of Styles 
LaTrisa Harper SINGS "Keepin Out of Mischief"

Tarra Conner Jones SINGS "Mean to Me" 

Darryl Reuben Hall SINGS "Azure Te" 

T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS "The Mask"

Akia Uwanda SINGS "Georgia"






‘Never-ending Struggle’
Lacy Phillips DANCES "Strange Fruit" 


T’Keyáh Crystal Keymáh PERFORMS a Sonnet

Charles Reese PERFORMS "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"