African-American Music Appreciation Month, 2017, 25921-25922 [2017-11773]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25921-25922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11773]



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Vol. 82

Monday,

No. 106

June 5, 2017

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9618--African-American Music Appreciation Month, 2017



Proclamation 9619--Great Outdoors Month, 2017



Proclamation 9620--National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, 2017



Proclamation 9621--National Homeownership Month, 2017



Proclamation 9622--National Ocean Month, 2017


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 106 / Monday, June 5, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9618 of May 31, 2017

                
African-American Music Appreciation Month, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During June, we pay tribute to the contributions 
                African Americans have made and continue to make to 
                American music. The indelible legacy of these 
                musicians--who have witnessed our Nation's greatest 
                achievements, as well as its greatest injustices--give 
                all Americans a richer, deeper understanding of 
                American culture. Their creativity has shaped every 
                genre of music, including rock and roll, rhythm and 
                blues, jazz, gospel, hip hop, and rap.

                In March, rock and roll lost Chuck Berry, one of its 
                founding fathers. Berry's signature style on the 
                guitar, on display in classics like ``Johnny B. 
                Goode,'' ``Roll Over Beethoven,'' ``Maybellene,'' and 
                ``Carol,'' came to define the explosive new sound of 
                rock and roll. As Keith Richards, guitarist for the 
                Rolling Stones said while introducing Berry into the 
                Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ``This is the gentleman who 
                started it all.''

                We also take time this month to recognize the musical 
                influence of two of the greatest jazz musicians of all 
                time, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald, as this year 
                marks their centennial birthdays. Gillespie, through 
                his legendary trumpet sound and Fitzgerald, through her 
                pure, energetic voice, treated people around the world 
                to spirited and soulful jazz music. Their work has 
                influenced countless musicians, and continues to 
                inspire listeners young and old.

                The contributions of Berry, Gillespie, Fitzgerald, and 
                other African-American musicians shine as examples of 
                how music can bring us together. These musicians also 
                remind us of our humanity and of our power to overcome. 
                They expressed the soul of blues, gospel, and rock and 
                roll, which has so often captured the hardships of 
                racism and injustices suffered by African Americans, as 
                well as daily joys and celebrations. Their work 
                highlights the power music has to channel the human 
                experience, and they remain a testament to the 
                resilience of all freedom-loving people. We are 
                grateful for their contribution to the cannon of great 
                American art.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim June 2017 as African-
                American Music Appreciation Month. I call upon public 
                officials, educators, and all the people of the United 
                States to observe this month with appropriate 
                activities and programs that raise awareness and 
                appreciation of African-American Music.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-11773
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