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Mi Gente: Fania Records & New York Salsa Music
What is Fania Records, and how does it reflect the history of Spanish-speaking Caribbean communities in New York City?
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What is Fania Records, and how does it reflect the history of Spanish-speaking Caribbean communities in New York City?
What is the influence of Brazilian music and culture in the United States?
What is Chicana Punk, how does it relate to the Chicano Movement, and how did it transform the Punk music scene?
How did the presence of Latin American artists challenge the image of 1950s American society seen in popular media?
How does Lydia Mendoza’s Tejano music connect to the history of Texas and the influence Mexico has had on that state?
How are contemporary Latin artists pursuing activism and promoting positive change in their communities?
What is the history behind Puerto Rican migration to New York City in the 1940s and 1950s, and how did Puerto Rican migration affect American Popular Music?
What was Westward Expansion, and what effect did it have on American Popular music?
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What is Joropo, and how is it inspired by nature?
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What is Quitiplás, how does it incorporate the natural world, and how is it an example of polyrhythm?
What is Ciranda, and how can group singing and dancing help us feel like a part of a community?
What is Cumbia, and how do you play its traditional rhythms?
How has the image and history of the American cowboy been reclaimed in the 21st Century?
How did female Country and Tejano artists approach the issues of feminism and Women’s Rights in the 20th and 21st century?
How did Ritchie Valens meld traditional Mexican music and Rock and Roll?
How did Black and Latinx people in the LGBTQ+ community take initiative in the Stonewall Inn rebellions, Gay Liberation Movement, and in the preservation of LGBTQ+ history?
What was Third Wave Feminism, why did it occur, and how did musicians address some of the movement’s demands?
Why might people dance, and how have dance trends changed in America since the 1920s?
What Latin American genres inspired Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s hit song “Despacito”?
How does “the beat” of popular music reflect the histories of multiethnic populations and places?
How is the re-use and re-purposing of existing music at the heart of the Hip Hop recording experience?
How did Ritchie Valens meld traditional Mexican music and Rock and Roll?