Timeline

1972Historic protest meeting on March 11 held on the campus of Morehouse College during the 1972 MENC Biennial Conference in Atlanta led to the organization of the National Black Music Caucus (NBMC).

Music Educators National Conference (MENC) held its 23^rd National Biennial Convention in Atlanta, GA on March 8-12, 1972.

1979NBMC was granted associate organization status by MENC.

NBMC held its first Summer Symposium at Indiana University.

1980NBMC held its second Summer Symposium at Indiana University.

1984Camille C. Taylor, “The First Decade of the Black Music Caucus of the Music Educators National Conference” (EdD diss. Columbia University Teachers College, 1984).

NBMC sponsored the performers for the “I’ve Known Rivers Pavilion,” Louisiana

World Exposition, New Orleans, LA.

19891^st NBMC national professional conference, Black Music: Our National Treasure, held in Atlanta, GA.

19912^nd NBMC national professional conference, Black Music: Our National Treasure, held in Charlotte, NC.

19933^rd NBMC national professional conference, Rejuvenation Through African-American Music, held in Nashville, TN.

19954^th NBMC national professional conference, A Declaration of Interdependence Through African-American Music, held in Philadelphia, PA.

19975^th NBMC national professional conference, NBMC 25: A Celebration of African American Music!, held in Atlanta, GA. This was the 25^th Anniversary of NBMC.

The name of the National Black Music Caucus (NBMC) was officially changed to the National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music (NASPAAM) at the summer board retreat in New Orleans, LA, but the mission remained the same.

19996^th NASPAAM national professional conference, African-American Music: Centuries of Innovation, held in Vienna, VA and was dubbed the Washington D.C.-area conference.

20017^th NASPAAM national professional conference, African-American Music: Its Future in Music Education, held in Birmingham, AL.

20058^th NASPAAM national professional conference, African American Music: Exploring New Frontiers, held in Chicago, IL.

20079^th NASPAAM national professional conference, African American Music: Its Impact on Urban Classroom Music Education, held on the campus of Jackson State University in Jackson, MS.

A NASPAAM Collegiate Chapter was established at Jackson State University.

The archival site for the records, papers, and materials of NBMC/NASPAAM was established at the Melvin B. Tolson Black Heritage Library of Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma.

The first NASPAAM Collegiate Chapter was established at Langston University.

2009NASPAAM of Hampton Roads Regional Chapter Professional Music Symposium, Preserving African American Music in the 21^st Century, held at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, VA.

NASPAAM Induction Ceremony of Three Virginia Collegiate Chapters—the First established NASPAAM Regional and Collegiate Chapters: Virginia State University, Norfolk State University, and Hampton Roads, held at the Chesapeake Conference Center in Chesapeake, VA.

201111^th NASPAAM national professional conference, African American Music In the 21^st Century, held in Houston, TX.

201312^th NASPAAM national professional conference, Celebrating Freedom Through Music, Arts, and Education, held in Birmingham, AL.

A NASPAAM Collegiate Chapter was installed at Miles College during the conference.

20141^st NASPAAM national professional Think Tank Summit, The Road Ahead: Keeping the NASPAAM Legacy Alive in the 21^st Century, held in Philadelphia, PA.

20172^nd NASPAAM national professional Think Tank, Status of African American Music in US Colleges and Universities, held in Atlanta, GA.

2022Loneka W. Battiste, William T. McDaniel, Rosita M. Sands, “The Radical Origins And Mission of the of the National Black Music Caucus: The First Twenty-Five Years—1972-1997,” in JHRME, 2022, Vol. 43(2) 248-272.

NBMC/NASPAAM CELEBRATING 50 Years (1972-2022), a three-hour virtual zoom production presented nationally and publicly to commemorate and celebrate 50 years of NBMC/NASPAAM, held on March 16, 2022.

John C. Donaldson and Carla Kalogeridis, “HBCUs: Nurturing the Next Generation of Music Educators,“ in Teaching Music Magazine of NAfME, January, 22-32.

William T. McDaniel, “NBMC/NASPAAM Celebrates 50 Years,” in Teaching Music Magazine of NAfME, August, 36-39.

2022With work beginning in late spring that continued through the autumn, with a brief bit of time off during the summer, a Transition Team from the NASPAAM Board of Directors was empowered to lay the foundation for changes for the new administration that will initiate the next 50 years of NASPAAM.

2025A new NASPAAM Website is expected to be launched by September.