...(James Brown Biography). This looked like a bad thing, but it opened the gateway to his music career. While in jail, he led a gospel choir and formed a fruitful, musical friendship with Bobby Byrd (James Brown Biography). After leaving jail, in 1955, Byrd asked...
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...How many of you have heard the term “social gospel’? Essentially the social gospel is a liberal modification of the the Biblical Gospel, focused on liberating those who are oppressed. This doctrine was originally outlined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in the twentieth century. The ideas rooted in the social gospel had a tremendous impact on John Lewis’ life in the graphic novel “March”. Those major points being; the idea of social evolution, individual advancement, and cultural reform. Throughout the mid-to-late twentieth century, a new form of preaching surfaced, known simply as the “social gospel”. From its inception until today, the social gospel has used a biblical platform to preach social welfare. The most prominent twentieth-century...
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...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 advancement and regression for the American people. The culture of America went through many...
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...March is a form of a graphic memoir that accounted the live of John Lewis struggle for civil and human rights meditating. The tradition graphic book frames the aspects of Lewis’s early life and his early role in the Civil Rights Movement. Congressman John Lewis (District 5,Georgia) is also the only man who spoken at the 1963 March on Washington who is still alive. 23 years of age he addressed the crowd of more than 200,000 the Lincoln Memorial 50 years ago. In this autobiography, he talks about a many civil rights leaders that he meet along the way or heard of. As a child, his parents gave him responsibility of taking care of the family chickens. (Lewis 20) They live in Pike County, Alabama and had a farm 110 acres of cotton, corn, and peanut fields. He feels compassion for the chickens and even practice preaching to the birds when he received a Bible from his uncle. He always wanted to be a preacher and by the time he was five he could read the Bible to himself. The summer of 1951 he took a trip to Ohio with his uncle and realized that life over there was completely different from where he stays. It was more upbeat and his uncle even had white people staying next to them. Lewis was always serious about his education and sometimes his family needed him to stay home...
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...Civil Rights Movement Viviane Jean xxxx The Civil Rights Movement America’s Founding Fathers centered political responsibility in their citizens, with James Madison arguing against the ancient assumption that a populace needed controlling from some higher force. Instead, as the Constitution allowed, America would trust in the wisdom of its people, deciding at large, through the nonviolent means of elections, who was most fit to lead and how. Still, nobody expected that an ignored and despised racial minority to be the ones who, two hundred years after the signing of the Constitution, would be the ones to face down hatred and push the United States back towards serving the will of the people. Yet that was exactly what the Civil Rights Movement was and it was achieved through nonviolence. Calling the ideals of the Founding Fathers “an unrealized dream” Martin Luther King, Jr. would say that the American people had “proudly professed the principles of democracy and… practiced the very antithesis…” (Branch, 2006). The Civil Rights Movement would be a long and deadly struggle, casting American race relations into international focus, and eventually fragmenting under internal pressures but it changed the country forever, resurrecting voting rights of the Fifteenth Amendment that had been enshrined after the Civil War and then buried, along with the rights of the black race, in the failure of Reconstruction. One of the seminal works on both the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
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...major artist who participated in or influenced the rise of the genre. However, due to time constraints and personal preferences, every artist cannot be given the credit they deserve in the proper way—at least not all in one semester! That is okay, though. In this paper I plan on introducing an artist whose career and influence on the creation of the rock n’ roll era both was tremendous in his own right. Sam Cooke was a revolutionary artist who in some instances set the precedent for many artists and movements that followed. His music, singing, and performance helped solidify Cooke as one of the all-time greats. As a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame charter member, the need for his presence on the syllabus and in this class is irrefutable. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 22, 1931, to the Reverend and Mrs. Charles Cook, Sr., Sam Cooke was one of eight Cook children. This son of a Baptist preacher and sibling to four brothers and three sisters was born into a lifestyle conducive to a musical career. The large family and church background provided for the perfect set-up for a gospel family group. That’s just what they did—together forming “The Singing Children”. (Wolff). Cooke’s musical talents and interests continued to thrive in the ensuing years as he moved from one musical group to another, working to make a name for himself and for the African-American community in music. His music often reflected the troubling times in our nation—and his words were often turned into...
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...The Civil War officially may have put an end to slavery, but it didn’t end discrimination against Black people. They continued to suffer the disastrous effects of racism, especially in the South. By the mid-20th century, Black Americans, along with many other Americans, came together and began an unequal fight for equality that lasted two decades. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister and civil rights leader, became known as one of the most inspiring figures of the movement. He advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience and delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. The march drew over 250,000 people and is considered a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X, another prominent figure during this time, advocated for Black empowerment and initially promoted violent self-defense as a means to achieve civil rights. However, he later renounced violence and emphasized the importance of education, self-discipline, and self-respect before his assassination in 1965. Rosa Parks, often referred to as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” played a crucial role in initiating the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became an international symbol of resistance to racial segregation. She...
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...to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Declaration of Independence). The idea that “all men are created equal” both initiated and propelled the Civil Rights and the anti-slavery movements, and alone creates rationale for racial equality. Differing philosophies prevailed in the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, but the prevailing teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr continues to impact even today. Dr. King’s famous quote, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that,” still sees use today. He passionately advocated for equality because it was God’s design; he said about this, “Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.” This approach differs from leaders such as Malcom X, W.E.B....
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...Theology of Liberation. Through this research I seek not only to obtain a broader understanding of this particular theology of liberation, but also to understand the Marxist ideological concept within the Black Theology of Liberation. Towards the culmination of the decade which witnessed the peak of the Civil Rights movement, black churches throughout America in the 1960s began to search for avenues through which they could help their communities cope with racial discrimination. Caught between the contradicting preachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, a peculiar young theology student from Union Theological Seminary of New York City, James H. Cone, published his proposal for a Black Theology of Liberation titled Black Theology and Black Power (1969). This first scholarly work served as an introduction to his following work A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), which earned him the title of the founder or chief architect of Black Theology of Liberation in America. Cone, who was born and raised in the segregated South of the United States, not only developed this avenue through which the African-American community could assimilate their experiences with the gospel of...
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...Social Gospel = liberal movement within American Protestantism that attempted to apply biblical teachings to problems associated with industrialization. It took form during the latter half of the 19th cent. under the leadership of Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch, who feared the isolation of religion from the working class. They believed in social progress and the essential goodness of humanity. The views of the Social Gospel movement were given formal expression in 1908 when the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America adopted what was later called "the social creed of the churches." Advocated in the creed were the abolition of child labor, better working conditions for women, one day off during the week, and the right of every worker to a living wage. With the rise of the organized labor movement in the early 20th cent. the Social Gospel movement lost much of its appeal as an independent force. However, many of its ideals were later embodied in the New Deal legislation of the 1930s New Nationalism was Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive political philosophy during the 1912 election. He made the case for what he called the New Nationalism in a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, in August 1910. The central issue, he argued, was human welfare versus property rights. He insisted that only a powerful federal government could regulate the economy and guarantee social justice. Roosevelt believed that the concentration in industry was not necessarily bad, if the industry...
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...elections had a margin less than 1% of the popular vote) 6. Gilded age presidents made little effort to mobilize public opinion/ exert executive leadership. 7. American democracy and Gilded Age seemed “healthy” Government and the Economy pg 619 1. Political structure ill-equipped for economies rapid growth. 2. Education medical care of business regulation civil and criminal prosecutions under control of local and state governments. 3. Republicans supported high tariff, pursued a fiscal policy based on reducing federal spending, repay national debt and withdrawing paper money. 4. Democrats opposed high tariffs and resisted demands from debt ridden agricultural areas for increasing money supply. 5. Return to gold standard 1879. 6. Republican economic policies strong favorite interest in Eastern industrialists and bankers. Reform Legislation pg 620 1. Civil service act of 1883- created merit system for federal employees with appointment via competitive examinations rather than political influence. 2. This act marks first step in establishing a professional civil-service And removing office holding from the hands of political machines. 1. 1887 established interstate commerce commission-ensured that the rates railroads charge farmers and merchants were reasonable and did not offer more available treatment. 2. ICC had little impact on railroad practices. 3. 1890 Sherman antitrust act-...
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...origination of Soul Music, its founding fathers, how it was influenced throughout the decades, as well as statistics, research and demographics of it impact on people. To begin with, “soul music is defined as a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality” (Kris, "Dictionary.com"). Soul music first takes root during the 1950s, in Memphis, Tennessee, and was originally preformed by African-Americans. The musical composition of soul consists of guitar, bass, piano, organ,...
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...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 behaviors today. In spite of the fact that slavery ended in the late 19th century as a result of the actions of the Abolition Movement, the westward expansion of the colonies, and...
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...Awakening: religious life in Antebellum America/The Seneca Falls Convention and Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement READINGS: Mary Kupiec Cayton, “The Expanding World of Jacob Norton: Reading, Revivalism, and the Construction of a ‘Second Great Awakening’ in New England, 1787-1804,” Journal of the Early Republic 26, No. 2 (Summer 2006): 221-48; Alison M. Parker, “The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848: A Pivotal Moment in Nineteenth-Century America” (Review of Sally G. McMillen’s Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Woman’s Rights Movement), Reviews in American History 36, No. 3 (September 2008): 341-48. ASSIGNMENT: short commentary 1) Watch Episode 2, “A New Eden,” of the PBS Series God in America and answer the...
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...UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO DR. JOHN M. ANDREWARTHA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BASIC CHRISTIAN ETHICS RLGN 5323 SUBMITTED BY ROBERT L. JOHNSON April 14, 2008 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………….……....1 Part I: Definition of Civil Disobedience………………………………………..….…..1 Part II: Definition of Christian Ethics…………..……………………………….……..1 Part III: Biblical and Historical Practice of Civic Responsibility.……………………..2 Part IV: The Rise of Political Power in the Church and the Struggles Associated…….7 Part V: The Necessity for Civil Disobedience..………………………………………..9 Part VI: What Difference Did the Civil Rights Struggle Make? ..................................12 Conclusion…....................................................................................................................16 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………….18 INTRODUCTION This research will focus on the topic of “Civil Disobedience and its Relativity to Christian Ethics.” The research will address whether it is ever justifiable to disobey the laws of secular governments. In doing so, it will discuss the Doctrine of Civic Responsibility as it relates to Christian Ethics. Furthermore, Romans 13:1-7 will be referenced to provide additional insight into how the Church has historically responded to civil government’s demands on society...
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