Essential Question:

• How did 1970’s Funk respond to African-American life in the decade following the Civil Rights Movement?

-Describe what you see in this image.

-What does the title reference?

-What paradox is the cartoonist trying to depict? 

-What does this graph tell us about where whites and black lived in relation to one another between 1950 and 1970?

-How did white populations in central cities change over the 20 year period? 

• If you were an African American living in an inner city in 1965, what might have been your reaction to seeing the situation in Watts? 

•        Who do you think James Brown is addressing in this song? How might you interpret the song’s message?
•        What roles does the bass play in relation to the rest of the instruments in the band? 
•        Which other instruments are played percussively or given an rhythmic emphasis in the song? 
•        Would you consider “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” to be a dance song, a song that delivers a message, or both? Explain your answer.

•      What can we infer about the American film industry based on this data of Academy Award winners? How did blaxploitation films address this disparity?
•       How does a musical score or soundtrack helped to compliment a movie’s setting? Why do you think Funk was an appropriate musical soundtrack for blaxploitation films?