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The Black Belt was a region located in the Southern United States. The term 'Black Belt' was initially used to define the prairies/ the productive black soils found in Central Alabama and Northeast of Mississippi. Another meaning of the term Black Belt was a region...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is considered to be the “Godmother of Rock and Roll.” Tharpe was born to cotton pickers in the year 1915 in Arkansas. Her humble beginnings would influence her future since her mother was a member of a black Pentecostal church, which often...