Over time, country music became whitewashed and Black people’s influence on the sound was erased from its history.
Pamela Foster, author of, My Country: The African Diaspora’s Country Music Heritage, also credits Black people for birthing country music.
“In the antebellum South, banjos, fiddles, and harmonicas were the dominant instruments played in Black culture,” Pamela wrote in her book, via The Chicago Tribune. “Unfortunately, history has distorted these facts to make people believe jazz, blues, and spirituals were the staples of Black culture at that time when, in fact, it was country.”
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