The Blues

August Wilson picks up on the blues in his play Fences.  Blues music reflected the new status of blacks 

I said, Baby! Baby!
Please don’t snore so loud.
Baby! Please!
Please don’t snore so loud.
You jest a little bit o’ woman but you
Sound like a great big crowd.

—From Morning After by Langston Hughes

I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Our love is nothin' but the blues
Baby how blue can you get…

—“How Blue Can You Get” as sung by B.B. King