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still see how protest music is being used in the Black Lives Matter Movement. As protests and anger against the police grew again like it did in the late 80’s and early 90’s “F- Tha Police” became the anthem for a new movement of civil rights protesters. In Ferguson, chants of “hands up, don’t shoot” turned to “F- Tha Police” as the protests turned to riots. In Denver, protesters dumped red paint over a police memorial and tagged the back of it “f- the police” during a Black Lives Matter protest

stage; they’re black, maybe mid-twenties and dressed in jeans and t-shirt. Before they play a note or even pick up an instrument what genre of music do you expect them to play? Hip Hop? R&B)? Maybe, without the giveaway of a certain style of clothes it is hard to tell. One of the men reaches for his guitar. What genre do you expect now? Funk? Reggae? For very few people rock music would come

Aleisha P. Williams COM 673 12/09/2016 A Manifesto of Black Womanhood and Freedom through Music Introduction We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man …We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way boys are. Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes (Adichie

There have always been, and there will always be music videos about girls being left heartbroken by a cheating man. Carrie Underwood could have played the broken girl left behind with her song “Two Black Cadillacs.” Yet, her music video of “Two Black Cadillacs,” produced by Mark Bright, presents a dark scene of two women cheated on by the same man, who appear to be anything but heartbroken. This thrilling video is a lot different than most because of the women’s portrayal as the anti-hero, throughout

Black Creative Production (music, dance & theater) The author is talking about the political play ‘Autumn’, which introduced the audience to the inside world of politics. The story revolves around the character mayor Franklyn played by Jerome Preston Bates. Bates character is self-centered, greedy, and will go after anyone who opposes him to destroy their lives. Franklyn advisor Zack knows about the shady deals and is uncomfortable with the situation. In addition, Franklyn’s wife Melissa knows of

Don Lett's observation that “hip hop is black punk” is accurate in many ways. Punk rock and hip hop both developed and flourished by a younger, more free, population. Although the style of both genres are anything but alike, they both represent the recklessness of the younger generation. This shows the American “freedom of expression”. I believe that hip hop is black punk because both genres express reckless behavior, are somewhat violent and harsh and introduced a raunchy new wordplay. Hip hop and

Female rappers do not like identifying as feminist. The word feminism carries a negative connotation because people mistake it as women having resentment and hatred towards men. In her essay, “Bad Sisters: Black Women Rappers and Sexual Politics in Rap Music”, Tricia Rose defines a feminist as someone who “believed that there was sexism in society, wanted to change and worked toward change. Either wrote, spoke, or behaved in a way that was pro-woman…”(176). She continues by stating that, “[a]feminist

Birsa Chatterjee Ms. Kuryllo AP English 12 Jazz Music: A Black Art in American Literature In America, the 1920s was an extremely critical time, especially for the African-Americans of the time. The Harlem Renaissance was booming. Citizens were bringing all poetry, art, and music to the next level in the roaring 20s. They call this the “Jazz Age” for a reason. Jazz music started to appear in dance venues and clubs. One such club was the famous Cotton Club. People were either enamored by it, or appalled

Introduction and Thesis Music is an inseparable element of Black life and therefore Black worship. The Black Church understands worship to be a communal act of adoration towards God that may involve praise or petition via song, dance, music (use of instruments), recitation, meditation, chanting, and or prayer (Mason, 2016). According to James Cone, Black music is unity music because it unites…the hope and despair;…and it moves the people towards the direction of total liberation; and confronts the

Black Women in Music Music is a reflection of the community from which it came. African American women have been reflecting the social, economic, and political experiences of the African American community through thier music past and present. Each era of change in the African American community has brought about a African American female revoluntionary. Examples of this can be seen through the blues and jazz singers of the Harlem Renaissance, soul singers of the civil rights movement