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... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > curriculum > subjects of study > social science education > civic education > ethnic studies > black studies > African-American art > blues
... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > formal education > educational stages > tertiary education > higher education > postsecondary education > black studies > African-American art > blues
... > social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > black studies > African-American art > blues

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blues  

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  • Genre of music strongly associated with African American traditions and artists. The blues developed from the music brought to the Americas by enslaved Africans from the seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Blues]

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