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The Chavis Chronicles

National Museum of African American Music in Nashville

Season 2 Episode 217

Dr. Chavis visits the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville,Tennessee. Tuwisha D. Rogers-Simpson, Vice President of Brand and Partnerships for the museum, describes the many galleries that make up the world's first and only museum devoted to African American music and the historical role Black musical artists played in shaping American music.

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