National Museum of African American Music opens in Nashville

A new museum in Nashville aims to preserve the legacy of African American music. The National Museum of African American Music will be the only institution dedicated to showcasing music genres created, influenced, and inspired by black Americans. Since 2002, the museum has raised $60 million and collected 1,500 artifacts. Museum president and CEO Henry Beecher III and senior curator Dina Bennett join “CBS This Morning.”
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[@1009gino]

Wow!!! My dad and uncles are one of the featured family groups in the museum.....THE SENSATIONAL BROWN BROTHERS from Florence SC!

[@bobcharlie2337]

Cool!! Man I wanna go!! I love music. African American music shaped the musical sound of America.

[@fordsrule35]

All I hear is American Music being played.

[@hueykhalidX]

@Hol M - Ummm yeah

[@hueykhalidX]

@@samboggs3499 - Yeah. Stay mad, clown.

[@jennifersauer3257]

So INCREDIBLY proud of Ms. Dina Bennett!!! Getting my bags ready to make the trek to Nashville!

[@crb7628]

Guess I'm heading to Nashville

[@eileenmiller7522]

Christina Butler Me too!!!🎶

[@eileenmiller7522]

Eric Havnen well the jokes on you cause I’m going and I’m going to enjoy it like all the other museums I’ve been to that has nothing to do with my interest but I leave them learning something I wasn’t aware of. This country is diverse so embrace it or you have the right not to. That’s what America stands for 🙂

[@valtyme7340]

Can't wait for the grand opening this summer 2021🎈🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jc5113]

I visited the museum I loved it, it was amazing. Highly recommended.

[@glbglb1992]

Wow man negativity all over these comments it actually makes me sad to know that so many people do not realize the true influence of some of these amazing artists

[@talkingwithtami768]

Looks quite interesting, cant wait to visit!

[@TheLeah2344]

I definitely need to check it out soon. I do wish they would build National multiple African American music museums in every state though. Also we need to teach this to everyone so they can stop lying to us claiming we have no culture when we ARE the culture.

[@alniadruoj5545]

That’s Beautiful! I will support it!

[@dplj4428]

O matter how messed my day goes, music keeps me sane. And hey, country music is part of the tradition, too.

[@lizgold4353]

Miracles never cease to amaze me. We've come a long way to get to where we are today.

[@awesomeasever8370]

There's much confusion; Rap is music, Hip-Hop is a subculture. Rap started in the South, Hip-Hop started in New York. Rap is sometimes called Hip-Hop because it's the music of Hip-Hop.

[@awesomeasever8370]

Rap is the world's most popular genre of music, Hip-Hop is a 1970s Bronx subculture.

[@dplj4428]

Did they mention the address?

[@lordnightvillain2589]

*Black Power*

[@carlosgnavarro]

Definitely be there before the end of the summer

[@bruceleonfurr3693]

Did I Pay for it 😂😂😂

[@Tededison]

I’m so tired of people connecting slavery to Black music!!!!!! Get over it our history doesn’t start with slavery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@colinfarrell7457]

Do ye have a white history month in any state?

[@BodhiBodesSchuyler]

Colin Farrell forrealz

[@colinfarrell7457]

I see the snowflakes in the comments are coming out

[@alniadruoj5545]

You have 11 months

[@cosuinofdeath]

We wuz......

[@DimitriNosarev]

Vikings

[@DimitriNosarev]

@Trump sucks co*k! what do you mean?

[@kaylad4486]

White jealously is a disease. If I was you I'll hate us too.

[@kaylad4486]

@GO JOE! Period and they can stay mad.

[@cosuinofdeath]

Kayla D simmer down my people hail from Sumer can you say the same

[@BodhiBodesSchuyler]

Gross

[@hueykhalidX]

Get over it.

[@nickrolando7747]

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND DRUG LORD'S COMING TOO A CITY NEAR YOU.

[@jonathanv8704]

😂

[@eileenmiller7522]

“Illegal immigrants”

[@nickrolando7747]

Damm auto type

[@nickrolando7747]

@@eileenmiller7522 DON'T MIND ME I'M GOING TO HIDE UNDER A ROCK FOR A YEAR OR SO

[@kaylad4486]

You hating from outside the club.