The artist's "Magisterial" Four Murals convey the pervasiveness of music and religion in African and African American lives, through labor, sorrow and joy.
In the 1930s, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, who admired America's bigoted society, banned black music and black musicians, vilifying supporters of black music within Germany.
[[{"fid":"275868","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Entartete, meaning \"Degenerate\"Music"},"type":"media","attributes":{"title":"Entartete, meaning "Degenerate"Music","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]