NEGRO SPIRITUALS: THE BIRTH OF JAZZ

WHO IS THIS WOMAN?

• BESSIE SMITH

• HARRIET TUBMAN

• AUGUSTA SAVAGE

• LANGSTELLA HUGHES

SLAVES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEARN TO READ OR WRITE BECAUSE

• IT WOULD CULTIVATE THEIR MINDS AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO QUESTION AUTHORITY OF THE SLAVE OWNERS

• THEY WOULD LEARN AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR OWNERS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE EDUCATED

• THEY WOULD GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WHICH WOULD EMPOWER THEIR MINDS AND TAKE CONTROL

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

SLAVES COMMUNICATED THROUGH

• ANIMALS

• SWIMMING

• COTTON

• SONGS

THIS SONG EXPRESSED BEING FREE ONE DAY FROM SLAVERY EVEN IN DEATH AFTER LIFE

• GET ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES

• ROCK AND ROLL

• ROLL JORDAN ROLL

• JUST ROLL ALONG

NEGRO SPIRITUALS WERE

• SONGS SLAVES SONG TO EXPRESS THEIR DESIRE FOR FREEDOM AND THEIR DEVOTION TO THEIR FAITH

• JAZZ SONGS FOR ONLY DANCING IN NIGHTCLUBS

• MUSIC ONLY AND NO SINGING

• MUSIC ONLY USED ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

SONGS THAT KEPT SLAVES ENCOURAGED WHILE IN THE FIELDS PICKING COTTON OR OTHER CHORES WERE CALLED

• SLEEPING REST SONGS

• WORK SONGS

• PLAY TAG SONGS

• EATING SONGS

WHY WERE THE DRUMS TAKEN FROM SLAVES?

• THE SLAVES COULD NOT KEEP THE RIGHT BEATS

• SLAVES PLAYED THE DRUMS MORE THAN THEY WORKED

• THE SLAVES COMMUNICATED TO ONE ANOTHER USING THE DRUMS AS CODES

• THE SLAVES BEAT THEM TOO LOUDLY

WHO IS THIS MAN?

• JACOB LAWRENCE

• SCOTT JOPLIN

• LANGSTON HUGHES

• REV.DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

THE LEADER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THAT LED THOUSANDS OF SLAVES TO FREEDOM HAD MORE THAN ONE NAME -PLEASE NAME AT LEAST 2

• GHANDI & JOSHUA

• ELIJAH & MANDY

• HARRIET TUBMAN & MOSES

• LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE

SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT WAS USED TO

• LET SLAVES KNOW THE BAND/GROUP IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WERE CLOSE BY OR ON THE WAY ADN PREPARE FOR ESCAPE

• LET SLAVES KNOW TO START SINGING AND GO TO CHURCH FOR WORSHIP TO SING AND DANCE

• GET READY FOR BED BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO SLEEP

• START KILLING THE PLANTATION OWNERS