I appreciate your answer, Greg B, and will give it the additional thought that it deserves.

And I will go you one step further... I think that the majority of African Amerians would not recognize the names "Sweet Honey in the Rock" and "Ladysmith Black Mambazo" and Clifton Chenier and Queen Ida and Josh White Jr".

I know that we {African Americans} have much work to in the "know and respect our heritage" area.