{"id":1528319,"date":"2022-06-24T18:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T22:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1528319"},"modified":"2022-06-24T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T22:20:30","slug":"fact-check-did-barack-obama-replace-black-music-appreciation-month-with-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-barack-obama-replace-black-music-appreciation-month-with-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Barack Obama Replace Black Music Appreciation Month With Pride Month?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-barack-obama-replace-black-music-appreciation-month-with-pride-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1528319&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebonye.walton\/posts\/pfbid02TTNPRFfgAB19zTmHfH8JzmmNePchE3XjHU5MBAwZbeE4cSoKAWDVS1Fh2CWLm6qjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims former President Barack Obama replaced Black Music Month with Pride Month during his term.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pride month was first recognized in 1999 by former President Bill Clinton. African American Music Appreciation Month is still being celebrated today and has not been removed.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ebonye.walton\/posts\/pfbid02TTNPRFfgAB19zTmHfH8JzmmNePchE3XjHU5MBAwZbeE4cSoKAWDVS1Fh2CWLm6qjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> reads, \u201cDid you know that June 1979 Pres. Carter designated June as Black Music Appreciation Month? Later it was renamed by Pres. Obama as Pride month.\u201d The post provides no information as to what year during his presidency the month was renamed.<\/p>\n<p>African American Music Appreciation Month, also called National Black Music Month, was first celebrated by former President Jimmy Carter in 1979, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/celebrating-black-music-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Museum of African American History &#038; Culture<\/a>. The celebration takes place each June and recognizes contributions from Black artists to all types of musical genres, the museum states.<\/p>\n<p>The claim regarding Pride month is incorrect. Clinton first established Pride Month in 1999 through Proclamation 7203, which is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/proclamation-7203-gay-and-lesbian-pride-month-1999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the American Presidency Project<\/a> from the University of California in Santa Barbara. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/06\/24\/fact-check-barack-obama-never-mentioned-juneteenth-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Image Claims Barack Obama Never Mentioned Juneteenth During His Presidency)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Obama celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/presidential-proclamation-lgbt-pride-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pride Month<\/a> throughout his two terms, he celebrated National Black Music Month as well. In 2009, he published a Presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/african-american-music-appreciation-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proclamation<\/a> changing the celebration\u2019s name to African American Music Appreciation Month and he continued to publish proclamations <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declaring<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/05\/31\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/06\/01\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">celebration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/05\/31\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month-2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/05\/31\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month-2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">year<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/05\/29\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/05\/31\/presidential-proclamation-african-american-music-appreciation-month-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both June celebrations continue to be recognized by the White House. President Joe Biden issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/05\/31\/a-proclamation-on-black-music-appreciation-month-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proclamation<\/a> May 31 recognizing June 2022 as \u201cBlack Music Appreciation Month\u201d and also did so in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/06\/01\/a-proclamation-on-black-music-appreciation-month-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to the White House for comment and will update this piece if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims former President Barack Obama replaced Black Music Month with Pride Month during his term.Verdict: FalsePride month was first recognized in 1999 by former President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1528319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}