美國總統歐巴馬宣布:今年六月為「非裔美國人音樂欣賞月」

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President Obama joins in singing ÒSweet Home ChicagoÓ during the ÒIn Performance at the White House: Red, White and BluesÓ concert in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2012. Participants include, from left: Troy ÒTrombone ShortyÓ Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Gary Clark, Jr. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
President Obama joins in singing ÒSweet Home ChicagoÓ during the ÒIn Performance at the White House: Red, White and BluesÓ concert in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2012. Participants include, from left: Troy ÒTrombone ShortyÓ Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Gary Clark, Jr. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

▲ 歐巴馬2012年在白宮音樂會加入B.B. King的演唱(via

美國總統歐巴馬5月31日正式公布,將2016年6月定為「非裔美國人音樂欣賞月(African-American Music Appreciation Month)」,表示黑人音樂是國家遺產中至關重要的一部分,六月,將用來榮耀那些透過音樂,真實反映自我,並使人們團結一至的音樂人。

回到1979年,當時美國總統Jimmy Carter首先把每年六月訂定為「黑人音樂月(Black Music Month)」,時至今日,歐巴馬正式將其更名,這個特別的月份也從小型活動開始,拓展至美國各地展開紀念活動。

自歐巴馬上任美國總統以來,白宮一向對音樂文化十分友善,去年第一夫人蜜雪兒甚至和演員Jay Pharoah合唱RAP,推廣美國青年了解對於高等教育的重要性。今年三月,歐巴馬攜總統夫人前往SXSW音樂節,成為SXSW三十年來首位蒞臨演說的美國總統。

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▲歐巴馬在SXSW音樂節(via

這次由白宮直接發布的消息,再次展現歐巴馬對於音樂的支持,也期許藉由這個月份,頌揚非裔美國人對音樂文化的貢獻。

 

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