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ort by the faith of Christianity. They can enjoy freedom in the church, even be helped to escape by some churchmen. They were fond of gospel, and that was why they developed gospel into one famous pop music style—Spiritual song. During the history of struggles of Afro-Americans, they dreamed to get a better prospect under new circumstances and with the social progress, but were disappointed with social reality. They got rid of oppression of planters, but suffered the exploitation by capitalists once again. They got less improvement in their living condition and status. They were always the grass root in America. They could not afford the entertainments of the mainstream society, so they created their own ways to enjoy themselves. In that way, Blues, Jazz, Rap & Hip-Hop emerged. These pop styles of music reflected the feelings and desires. Afro-Americans took themselves as one composition of American society, they wanted more equal rights and respect; they desired to get identity by the white people; they expected to make improvements in their lives. They still struggled for what they desire. Just like Martin Luther King, Jr. claimed that they have a dream—dream to be treated fairly. Although Afro-American music suffered exclusion and suppression initially, their emotional style and free spirit became the power of the popularity of Afro-American music, which was just the soul of Afro-American culture. Because of its unique charm, Afro-American music entered the mainstream society, and got identified. The Afro-American culture spread its influence by the popularity of its music. As a matter of fact, the culture reflected incompatible consciousness of Afro-Americans. There was a double-consciousness for them: they were Black people, but most important they were Americans. So they wanted to get self-identify from the society, and their culture gave the way to fulfill it. Therefore, on one side B. The Essence of Afro-American Music It’s well-known that with the slave trade in1619, African culture was spread to the new world simultaneously. During that period, Afro-Americans, who were slaves, lived miserably in plantation. They were deprived of all rights and became the property of the owners. Slaves can be traded in the market; they were treated as goods, or even animals. The white people could hurt or kill slaves willfully, but without any legal punishments. And in order to control slaves, planters did not allow slaves to speak their own languages. And the traditional fetes from Africa were forbid by planters too. The cultural and ethic root of slaves was cut by the white people, but their genius for music and dance weren’t taken away. In fact, Africans had born talent to record their history by music, and Afro-Americans inherited the tradition from their ancestors. So slaves were willing to records their bitter history and express their sorrowful feelings by music. That was also why many outstanding styles of music were created by Afro-Americans and played an important role in the international music circles. In the past, slaves were oppressed by the white people; their music was always full of grief and sadness. They can’t complain to their owners about their unfair sufferings, thus they gave vent to their feelings in the form of music. In fact, music was the spirit support of slaves during those bitter times. Particularly, black slaves were far away from their hometown, and were cut from their spiritual roots—languages and customs