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Jennifer and Courtney discuss the real history of country music that Florida (and other states) don’t want you to know.  Sources: Country music roots traced to slave ships Black Artists Helped Build Country Music—And Then It Left Them Behind. The instrument with a fascinating past – The Banjo “Billboard asserted that the song, by black rapper Lil’ Nas X, “does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music.”  Beyoncé Makes History as “Texas Hold ’Em” Tops Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart | Pitchfork Conservative country music fans lash out at CMA performance by Beyoncé and the Dixie Chicks - Los Angeles Times Cafe Resistance Book Store in Jacksonville, FLDaddy's Lessons” rejected by Grammy Committee Jacksonville students create their own Black History curriculum AP African American Studies  Ayman: Anger over Beyoncé's new songs is part of long history of racism in country music

 

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