A History of Music Education in the Black Community of Kansas City, Kansas, 1905-1954

Bibliographic Data

ID10200210
AuthorsReginald T Buckner (University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume30
Issue2
Pages91-106
Publication date1982-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3345041
OpenAlexW1998129142
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

This study investigated music education in the black community of Kansas City, Kansas, from 1905 to 1954. It examined the facilities, teachers, curriculum, activities, and students to determine if this history was worthy of recognition by mainstream music education. Public documents, including annual reports, courses of study, personnel records, grade reports, programs, and newspaper articles, were the main sources of information. Interviews and letters of former students, teachers, and administrators were used as supportive evidence. The study documents the respectable music education that developed in this black community by identifying the black music educators who possessed outstanding credentials, the curriculum, and the musical activities that resulted from their students' involvement. This study, which helps to fill a void in the documentation of blacks in music education, provides valuable historical data on a nonwhite group's music educational development

Art · Curriculum · Documentation · History of music · Mainstream · Media studies · Music education · Music history · Musical · Newspaper · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Music Education Insights · Education Methods and Practices · Psychology

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