...Jones DISC 1313 December 4, 2015 Music and The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s All forms of Black music, from jazz to rock and roll, played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. The songs were sung for multiple purposes and played a critical role in inspiring, activating, and giving voice to the people involved. The evolution of music during the early 1950’s and 1960’s in the Black freedom struggle reflects the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement itself. The progressive thought of the 1950s nurtured new ideas and cultures including the Civil Rights Movement and the fast spread of rock and roll. One such cultural revival occurred after the end of World War II during a time of change, prosperity and restoration. The “Puritan dicta” outlined by Baldwin represents the American ideology before the Second World War. As the first settlers of this nation, the Puritans set the mold for many common American ideologies. In the Puritan view white represented good and black represented evil, including Africans and their culture. After the war, Baldwin states that the former puritanical views of whites will be challenged. Musicians such as Elvis Presley were the first to issue this challenge to white society. Early rockers like Elvis would pave the way for social commentary in music that would add much fire to the Civil Rights Movement. To fully understand the explosion of popularity of Black music in the years following World War II, one must understand the social...
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...Music of the 1960s and its Effects on American Popular Culture by Jennifer Frondelli April 17th, 2013 Music of the 1960s Thesis: The music of the 1960s had a significant effect on the public opinions of the time on topics such as the Vietnam War and the subsequent draft, the civil rights movement, and the Cold War. I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement II. The Vietnam War and the draft a. Prominent Artists 1. Simon & Garfunkel 2. The Rolling Stones 3. Creedence Clearwater Revival b. Public Opinion 1. Anti-War 2. Anti-Draft 3. Protests III. The Civil Rights Movement a. Gospel 1. Martin Luther King Jr. 2. Church Gatherings 3. Protests b. African American Music 1. Jazz 2. Freedom Singers 3. Folk, Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, Soul c. Prominent Songs/Hymns 1. “We Shall Overcome” 2. “Oh Freedom” 3. “Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around” IV. The Cold War a. Themes 1. Potential Nuclear Attack 2. American/Soviet Nationalism 3. Symbolism b. Prominent Artists 1. Bob Dylan 2. Simon & Garfunkel 3. Joan Baez c. Influence V. Conclusion a. Thesis Statement The 1960s was, historically, a significant decade in America. The country underwent many changes both politically and culturally. From the presidential assassinations, to the social revolutions by the younger generations, to the war raging across half way around the world, the 1960s were a time of both societal...
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...Music and the Sixties The 1960s was a time of transformation in cultural standards, fashion, and society attitudes. This decade of change was particularly apparent in the radical shifts in this era’s music. The music of the sixties had very distinct sounds, portrayal of events and attitudes. Social movements and political events influenced the culture through music. There were also several genres and artists that contributed to the influence of culture. During the 1960s, the music played a major role in shaping the culture. The music echoed the events and movements that were happening in society. Prior to 1963, the music reflected the sounds, styles and attitudes of the previous decade. Music of the 1960s magnified the rebellion and standing up to the emerging cultural changes. The music about protest relayed messages that everyone could and would to sing along to. Through the multiple events during the sixties the music and the American culture mood began to change. Current events in America also played a role in how music influenced American culture. The British Invasion, the Civil Rights Movement, and the escalation of the Vietnam War were major events that impacted the music. The British Invasion occurred when an explosion of British artists took the United States music scene by storm in the mid 1960s. Kenneth Olwig wrote an article titled, “The ‘British invasion’,” and summarizes, “The British Invaders that were listened to, were inspired by and faithfully played a...
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...History 17B Summary Paper World War II was America's most important twentieth-century war and was also known to be one of the greatest military conflicts in history. Many people viewed World War II as the “Good War”, which was a war against fascism and for democracy. After World War I which ended in 1918, Germany had to give up land and was banned from having any armed forces, which was caused from the Treaty of Versailles. Germany surrendered many material goods like cannons, machine guns, planes, trench mortars, and even railroads after World War I. Germany felt a huge war guilt and was embarrassed with the defeat if the war. The start of the second world war was influenced with the rise of Adolf Hitler. When World War II began on September 1, 1939, our government, movies, music, publishing, and fashion contributed lots of support for the war. The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to surrender many things which caused them be in a poor economic state. Since Germany was in a horrible state, Adolf Hitler rose to become a Führer to the people of Germany do to his spectacular public speeches. Hitler promised to make his country better and quickly began to arm Germany again and to seize land from other countries, thus breaking the Treaty of Versailles. He also had a hated for Jews and used them a scapegoat. Hitler was a huge fascist. “Fascism an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.” (Webster). It opposed the capitalist...
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...English 123 II – 2.2 Final Project Milestone One: Annotation Bibliography By Vincent Berry WHAT IS YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION? Are record labels racism and political in the music industry? What impact does racism and politics have on the artist and fan base? SUMMORIZE SOURCE INFORMATION FOR EACH ANNOTATION Suisman, David. "Co Workers in the Kingdom of Culture: Black Swan Records and the Political Economy of African American Music." Teaching the Journal of American History Vol. 90, No. 4.March 2004 (2004): 1295-1324. Web. 1 Mar. 2004. African American owned Record Company, which produced records for African American consumers, was faced with attempts by a large record corporation to force them into bankruptcy. Why would a large company do this for such a small African American owned company? How would it merit attention from African American people in this medium when you have more important subjects like voting rights and lynching? Moreover, why would it merit any attention at all, not to mention, selling records to black consumers. This article answers these questions and investigates the rise and fall of the small record company and explores the political economy in which it operated. Black Swan Records created by Henry H. Pace, who saw a way to respond to a hostile environment that African American people faced with, both in the entertainment industry and in American society. The protégé of W.E.B Du Bois, also saw that African Americans were not equally even when they...
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...During this period, rock music had transitioned beyond just being a popular culture. Sinclair was the manager of MC5, the popular political rockers from Detroit. The group had a lot of influence on the counterculture of the 1960s. Sinclair attempted to merge music and politics because of the great influence that artists, as well as music records, had on the society. To a greater extent, he succeeded in this quest more than most of his counterparts. The article examines various ways in which rock and roll was used as a cultural revolution weapon. Young people also took the lead in the 1960s counterculture as a result of the influence of rock and roll and several famous artists at the time. The 1960s saw The Beatles take the music scene by storm. Their music appealed to many young people. Rock and Roll proved to be a great weapon of cultural revolution as many people were able to identify with the messages put across by the artists in their music. The artists decide to awaken the society to the ills going on in the world. Through music, they showed the younger generation that if anyone wants to realize any real change in the world, the journey must start with the individual. Simply standing by and hoping that things would change was not an option. It would mean that the...
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...Now a day music and radio have a great effect on American cultures and its values. Music has been around hundreds of years and has been an important cultural form for the people to maintain and preserve history. Music has always played an important role in learning and the communication of culture. Before the written word people and tribes used music to tell the stories and teach lessons and tell stories of the battles, victory, and ritual. American culture music has reflected of how people struggled with economic and social conditions. For instance like the revolutionary movements, labor movement and the civil Rights movement. Blues and country music came about by World War 2 in which cause change in the economic and social affect. Also slave songs reflect American history and culture in toil on the pain, hardship, and having strong faith in God. One of my favorite band is Black Eyes Peas, members are Will.i.am, Fergie, Taboo, apl.de.ap,. This group is combined with several individual with different backgrounds and origins. A Black Eyed Peas is an American alternative group with music that influences all walks of life. The group provided a variety of music like hip hop, R&B, soul, electronica, pop, and club, they try to make music for everybody to enjoy. All they music is up tempo and positive. The group does not condone violence, racism, or terrorism, in which they release a song call “Where is the love?” In the song Black Eyed Peas talked about a various worldwide problems...
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...Political Movements in the 20th Century HUM/300 Political Movements in the 20th Century During the 20th century several major political events took place that changed the worldwide view of civilization and shook up the collective consciousness. World War I and II showed the dark side of technology when used to hurt humanity. Civil movements surged around the world as a result of minorities trying to regain their identity, which various governments throughout the world restricted. The authors will examine major political events that had a notable effect on the 20th century, including, the influences of World War I and II, the surge of the Civil Rights Movement, and the Gender Equality Movement. The author’s examination will consider the works of artists and how his or her creative expression reflected the mood of the era. Political Events: World War I and II World War I (WWI) started in 1914, and lasted through 1918. The political event that triggered this war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The war tactics employed in World War I changed the methods and strategies in future conflicts bringing more devastation. Some of the new strategies included trench warfare, chemical warfare, and upgraded technology; it introduced chemical weapons including chlorine and phosgene, which produced devastating damages. The exposure to high levels of these gases resulted in temporary blindness, difficulty...
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...in the 20th century. This caused a major change on the urban life in the United States. This was a voluntary, enacted movement of these African Americans. At the end of the civil war, the bulk of these freed men stayed in the south because they had no means of going anywhere and were stuck sharecropping. During this migration, for the most part, the early migration at the end of WWI and during WWI occurred in some 8 northern major cities, like New York, 2/3 of these African Americans moved to these major cities. It’s almost different after WWII, but to western and northern cities cites like Denver. The first great migration occurs in the outbreak of WWI, which includes 1 million African Americans. When the factory buttons go on, mass industrialization occurs not only in factories but with the growth of new railroads and need for automobiles. This causes a need for employment not just cause there’s more jobs but...
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...you think of the 1960’s and the 1970’s? Do you first think of the Vietnam War? Or do you think of the start of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther king Jr? To many of the children who grew up during this time, the first thing that would come to their mind would be the music of that generation. For them it wasn’t just music, it was life. To experience a whole new meaning of excitement and take on what was going on during their youth. The music that came out during the Generation X was arguably the finest music ever produced. This music was created to question the man and to argue against authority. To some, the music influenced them into arguing that the war was just a strategy, but to get them out of a recession. If you look back into Generation X, most were against the way the government ran. It defiantly shows by their music. Not only were they against the government, but also not to conform to the standards set to them by previous generations. Rebelling was the new norm, to be you and to be free. Doing whatever you want after years, and years of being told “this is what you have to be because everyone else says its right.”...
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...between 1924 (the year that Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life hosted a party for black writers where many white publishers were in attendance) and 1929 (the year of the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression). Contents [hide] 1 Background to Harlem 2 Development of African-American community in Harlem 2.1 An explosion of culture in Harlem 3 Music 4 Characteristics and themes 5 Influence of the Harlem Renaissance 5.1 A new black Identity 5.2 Criticism of the movement 6 Notable figures and their works 6.1 Novels 6.2 Short story collections 6.3 Drama 6.4 Poetry 6.5 Leading intellectuals 6.6 Visual artists 6.7 Popular entertainment 6.8 Musicians and composers 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 Bibliography Background to Harlem [edit] Until the end of the Civil War, the majority of African Americans had been enslaved and lived in the South. After the end of slavery, the emancipated African Americans began to strive for civic participation, political equality and economic and cultural self-determination. Soon after the end of the Civil War the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 gave rise to speeches by African American Congressmen addressing this...
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...of time, music was created. God wrote an entire book, in the bible, devoted to songs, or hymns. He has given us a priceless gift! Music can touch us like nothing else can! It reaches into our depths, it gives us expression, and its an offering as an instrument of praise to Him. Within the early times of African Americans and Jews, music provided them their strength, dignity, and hope in the midst of their demeaning enslavement. It healed them in a way nothing else did. From the earliest of church days, singing psalms, hymns, and spirituals were an important part of Christian worship. Using music within churches helped the spread of Christianity. Singing with praise and worshiping God became very important to the spiritual...
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...Music and American Youth in the 1960s Richard Whaley COMP/155 December 6, 2013 University of Phoenix Music and American Youth in the 1960s When defined, how music influenced and shaped American Youth in the 60s and changes that it created. Music combines different aspects of American social and cultural identity, through economic status, race, gender, religious beliefs, and sexuality. There are many different types of music listened to. Religious, race and economic status is just a few. Economic status is the wealthier people tend to listen and attend symphony concerts while the middle class and poor listen to folk music, country, pop, and rock again are just a few of them. New styles of music come our way about as often as a new generation comes of age. The American youth culture of the 1960s saw many changes and was very complex. A number of factors attributed to this. This generation was the largest by number of this age group ever in history. American culture up until that time was stereotyped so to speak, there were many set ideas youth were expected to follow. Upon graduation from high school you either went to college or got a job, got married and settled down to raise a family. The youth of that time had different ideas; they wanted to experience most everything that they could. They wanted the freedom to express themselves...
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...the information uncovered so far, that their education was less compartmentalized than what is found today. This meant that individuals had influence in more than one area, and their search for a set of rules that could use to apply to their areas of interest (page 108). In modern society, Socrates is mostly remembered for and credited with founding Western philosophy, but we have accounts of his influence in other fields. His original profession was as a stonemason (page 98), but his influence can be found in law and ethics with his influence on his pupil Plato (page 100), in art by describing the idealization process to the painter Parrhasius (page 111), and his cross examination and inductive reasoning techniques are the basis for the Scientific Method (page 98). Socrates influence can also be found indirectly in Greek drama, as he was the subject of the comedy The Clouds written by Aristophanes. Another person whose influence stretched over more than one field of study was Pythagoras. He is known as the father of pure mathematics and his major contribution is known to us as the Pythagorean Theorem (page 96). But his influence can also be felt is music because his study of ratios led him to understand that music is controlled by mathematical ratios (pages 96, 123). His views on proportion and symmetry not only influenced music, but also became the principles used in both architecture and sculpture (pages 96, 108). Ideals which are important and have helped to shape...
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...The Impact of Slavery on American Society DeVry University Abstract The subject of slavery has been the focus of a variety of controversies, debates, and protests throughout American history. Besides the Civil War era there has not been another time in history when slavery has been such a volatile topic as it has become in the last half decade. Even in modern day America the subject of slavery evokes significant discussions and has influenced legislative decisions such as the recent removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s State House grounds and other government and public locations throughout the South. This paper seeks to review the literature attaching the history of slavery and present examples of the ethnic and cultural contributions that aided in the growth and diversity of America. It will also introduce examples of today’s societal issues including educational, economic, and social variances; the right to support cultural heritage; and the significant role history plays in influencing decisions made in America today. Introduction American history is filled with heinous acts that many would like to forget happened; slavery is no exception. Although it was a necessity of the times, slavery is undoubtedly one of the most volatile topics of discussion today; not just because of the inhuman and discriminatory treatment that was inflicted on an entire race, but also because of the perceived continued existence of some of those same...
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