History of Rock and Roll - Spring 2017

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  5. 1 - Blues: The Sound of Rural Poverty
  6. 2 - The Blues and the Great Migration
  7. Artist Profile - Muddy Waters
  8. 3 - The Birth of the Electric Guitar
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  19. 10 - The Musical Roots of the 1960's Surf Sound
  20. 11 - Sixties Soul and Civil Rights
  21. 11.5 - The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
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  31. 18 - A'Cappella
  32. 19 - The Rise of 1960's Antiwar Music
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  51. 32 - Conscious Hip Hop vs. Gangsta Rap
  52. 33 - Ska
  53. 34 - Techno/Dubstep
  54. 35 - Alternative Rock
  55. Artist Profile - Backstreet Boys
  56. 36 - Girl & Boy Band Pop
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  58. Event Profile - September 11th, 2001
  59. 38 - Current Pop
  60. Artist Profile - The Ramones
Home > 11.5 - The Music of the Civil Rights Movement

11.5 - The Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Essential Question: 

  • None!

The Civil Rights Movement

Dates:

  • 1954-1968

Important People:

  • Rosa Parks
  • Martin Luther King Jr. 
  • Malcolm X

Important Events: 

  • Brown vs. Board of Education
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • March on Washington
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

 

ASSIGNMENT

  • Learn how the following songs were important to the Civil Rights Movement. 
  • For each song: 
    1. Read the handout associated with the artist.
    2. Listen to the song.
    3. Look up the lyrics and read them. 
    4. Summarize the contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the attached Google Doc. 
Web Links:
  1. Civil Rights Music Summaries Civil Rights Music Summaries

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (1959)

Web Links:
  1. Billie Holiday Reading Billie Holiday Reading

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

Bob Dylan - Oxford Town (1962)

Web Links:
  1. Bob Dylan Reading Bob Dylan Reading
  2. Video - Bob Dylan - Oxford Town Video - Bob Dylan - Oxford Town

John Coltrane - Alabama (1963)

Web Links:
  1. 1. John Coltrane Reading 1. John Coltrane Reading
  2. 2. Article on "Alabama" 2. Article on "Alabama"

John Coltrane - Alabama

John Coltrane - Alabama

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come (1963)

Web Links:
  1. Sam Cooke Reading Sam Cooke Reading

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come

Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (1963)

Web Links:
  1. Joan Baez Reading Joan Baez Reading

Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome

Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome

Odetta - Oh Freedom (1961)

Web Links:
  1. Odetta Reading Odetta Reading

Odetta - Spiritual Trilogy

Oh, Freedom 0:00-1:49........ Come and Go With Us 1:50-3:37......... I'm On My Way 3:38-6:03

Odetta - Spiritual Trilogy
Author: Jake Robinson
Last modified: 4/23/2017 9:50 AM (EST)