Marching bands at historically Black colleges and universities can be seen as both celebratory emblems and complicated arbiters of Black American culture.

Formal education in language and music is important for children, but as one scholar found, so is their own play involving gesture, slang, and pop songs.

Happy Birthday, Mildred J. Hill! How the early childhood educator's humble song "Happy Birthday To You" became a worldwide institution.

Megahit "We are the world" turns 30 this year.