Civil Rights Music

An Introduction
through MUSIC
THE CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENT

◼A Change is Gonna

Come

◼By: Sam Cooke

◼Recorded in 1964

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼99 and ½ (Won’t do)

◼By: Wilson Pickett

◼Recorded in 1965

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼Blackbird

◼By: The Beatles

◼Recorded in 1968

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼Everyday People

◼By: Sly and the

Family Stone

◼Recorded in 1968

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼Say it Loud

◼By: James Brown

◼Recorded in 1968

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼Living for the City

◼By: Stevie Wonder

◼Recorded in 1973

CIVIL RIGHTS MUSIC

◼ Compare and contrast “Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke

with “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” by James Brown,
reflecting on the differences in tone and attitude.

◼ How do these songs reflect the changing focus of the civil rights

movement throughout the 1960s as expressed in the following
quotes.

Compare and Contrast

◼ Can a song written in response to a specific event transcend time

and place and have a lasting appeal?

◼ In your opinion, which of the songs listened to in class have such an

appeal?

◼ Is there a contemporary song dealing with the issue of race

relations that in your opinion will stand the test of time? Why?

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