"African-American artists has greatly enriched our quality of life and created one of our Nation's most treasured art forms. As universal and original expressions of the human experience, their body of work, both past and present, entertains, inspires, and thrills countless people around the world."
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George W. Bush, "A Proclamation By the President of the United States of America on Black Music Month" (29 June 2001)
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