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American Music Timeline - Colonial Music
Part I: Colonial Music by David Johnson 1640 1700 1775 1776 Next: 1800s 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, Cambridge, Massachusetts, first book printed in British…American Music Timeline - 1900-1920
Part III: 1900-1920 by David Johnson 1900 1904 1907 1911 1912 1916 Next: The Twenties 1900 Symphony Hall built in Boston Top 1900 "Country" music of southeastern U.S. features guitar, fiddle…American Music Timeline - 1930-1960
Part V: 1930-1960 by David Johnson 1932 1936 1944 1948 1954 1959 Next: 1960s 1932 Blues pianist Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music," writes song "Take My Hand Precious Lord" Top Circa…American Music Timeline - 1970-Present
Part VII: 1970-present by David Johnson Previous: The 1960s1970 1979 1982 1990 1995 2000s Early 1970s The Moody Blues, Electric Light Orchestra, and Pink Floyd create "art rock", combining…Lights! Camera! Learning! - American Classics
American Classics Peck's Atticus Finch in court To Kill a Mockingbird Though Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his subtle portrayal of Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who defends a black man…35 Silliest "American Dad" Quotes
Top of Page Are you ready to laugh until you cry? Look no further than “American Dad”, the animated sitcom that's like a fever dream on steroids. The show follows the Smith family, headed by the…Year in Review, 1999: Pop Culture Trends
1999 was the year of Pokémon, Latin pop, Harry Potter, and Dot-coms. by John Gettings Y2K Who knew that impending doom was going to be so popular? No other issue in the history of the world…Women in American Religion
Even though it is only recently that women have been permitted to hold official roles in many religions, they have always been central to American religious life. Unofficially, women have often been…peyotism
(Encyclopedia) peyotism, religion of some Native North Americans in which the hallucinogenic peyote button is used as the sacramental food. It is the most widespread indigenous contemporary Native…Ypsilanti, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) YpsilantiYpsilantiĭpsĭlănˈtē [key], city (1990 pop. 24,846), Washtenaw co., SE Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1832. It is a residential, commercial, and farm-trade center. There is…