During the same century, African-American communities were marginalized from an economic perspective. But despite this lack of material wealth, they had  thriving community and a culture based around informal music performances, such as brass band performances at funerals, music sung in church and music played for families eating picnics in parks.
Concurrently, African-American communities were economically excluded. However, they maintained a robust community and culture centered around spontaneous music performances, such as brass band concerts at funerals, hymns sung in church, and music played during family picnics in parks.