Center for Black Music Research

CTL-E-3341 · Institution · cultural-center · 1983-present

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Research center founded 1983 at Columbia College Chicago by Samuel A. Floyd Jr. to document, collect, preserve, and disseminate Black music worldwide; target of the 2012 defunding threat.

The record

Also known as: CBMR

Notes

RELP76 new entity (2026-10-06). Identity check: name-collision checked. Subject of focal event CTL-E-0835.

Relationships

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. — founded by
The Center for Black Music Research was founded by Samuel A. Floyd Jr.

Referenced by

Samuel A. Floyd Jr. — founded → this record
Samuel A. Floyd Jr. — affiliated with → this record

Sources

JBHE - Center for Black Music Research May Be on the Chopping Block (2012-05)
The Free Library - Black music in the academy: the Center for Black Music Research

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