NAACP IMAGE Awards

  The NAACP has a seat at the table and receives funding from selected major US corporations seeking to redress systemic racism. However, the annual NAACP IMAGE Awards perpetuates systemic racism (omission of achievements by African American in classical music and composition). Please see https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2011/03/john-malveaux-asks-executive-director.html https://africlassical.blogspot.com/search?q=john+malveaux+%2B+image+awards https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2018/01/john-malveaux-michael-abels-is-2017.html https://africlassical.blogspot.com/2013/12/request-to-add-classical-music-to.html Classical music is subliminally associated with the…

Blind Tom Wiggins

See New York Times article about composers of African descent. Slave Blind Tom Wiggins became an internationally recognized performer. By 1868 Tom toured the United States and Canada. He earned an average of $50,000 annually for the Bethune family in Virginia. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/arts/music/black-composers-classical-music.html?fbclid=IwAR3xX7mA4oaJ4G3HJrnLLxjeqFcpZBkVWqY91RdMl07O5DxKwXii76bE7xw