1960's Civil Rights
MIkayla White
How did the music of the 1960's affect the outcome of the civil rights movement
Artist collaborated with professors who study music thought cultural context to spread songs to activast at large meetings and publications . Singers did this for many purpose: to motivate through long marches, for strength against harassment, or to simple wait for time to pass for something to happen
Compare and contrast
1960's to Negro Spiritual
The songs of the 1960's were used different than that of Negro Spiritual however during the 1960's some songs were used during the civil rights movement. There is no specific use of Negro Spiritual but it's said that it was used for slaves to tell stories to their masters it is also said that slaves used it to communicate with each other without their masters knowing, finally it said that the songs were used for religious purposes. However during the 1960's the songs that were created were used to get people involved in protest and marches. Even though both these time periods were during times of african american oppression there somewhat different because of what they were used for during the 1960's the songs were used for inspiration during tough times and as a call to action for black american in the communities. While during the time of Negro Spiritual it was used as a form of telling stories.
Notable artists
Joan Baez
- She was at the forefront of the civil rights movement and took part of the famous walk from Montgomery to Salem.
- She also led a group of children to there newly integrated school in Grenada, mississippi in 1966.
- Made free concert appearances for UNESCO, civil right organizations, and anti- vietnam war rallies.
Marvin Gaye
- Wrote songs protesting and urging peace
- soul and R&B
- Sophisticated form of music concerning social and sexual politics
- "what's going on","Inner City Blues(makes me wanna holler)", and " Mercy Mercy Me( the Ecology)" Were impassioned, timeless statement about vietnam, civil rights, and what state the worlds in.
Sam cooke
- Wanted to bring sing to not only a black audience but a white one as well
- Very successful among black and white audience
- Formed his own record label
- Refused to perform a concert in Memphis because the audience was still segregated
- His song change i gonna come became the anthem of civil rights movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFbXpB6sLw
Work Cited
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/music-in-the-civil-rights-movement/
- https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/whatisethnomusicol?
- https://www.biography.com/news/politically-active-musicians
- https://www.npr.org/2013/07/09/199105070/the-mix-songs-inspired-by-the-civil-rights-movement
- https://pages.stolaf.edu/americanmusic/2015/02/24/from-negro-spiritual-to-folk-revival-swing-low-sweet-chariot/
- http://spirituals-database.com/the-negro-spiritual/#sthash.Yp6X87SJ.dpbs
- https://thewitnessbcc.com/revisiting-theology-negro-spiritual/
- http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-protest-songs-from-the-1960s.php
- http://musiqology.com/blog/2009/11/11/the-protest-song-movement-from-marvin-gaye-to-kanye/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marvin-gaye/biography
- http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2010/02/11/observing_change_sam_cooke_and_the_civil_rights_movement/