Music that Cured the Souls

The Move in MusicBy: Deja FrancisCivil Rights Movement/Background1954 to 1965

Racial inequality

Harsh treatment

Non-violenceThe Fight Stood up for rights

Nonviolence

StrugglesWhat is Non-violence?Bus BoycottSit-InsMarchesSpeeches

Why did the Civil Rights Movement work?Music

Influence of Music on actions

Gospel

Negro Spirituals

Negro SpiritualsMusic gave the African American people driveMotivationFaith CourageAmbitionboomThesis Statement/AnswerThe Non-violent Civil Rights Movement worked because of the influence of Music.

ActivistDr. Martin Luther King Jr.Rosa ParksMalcolm XMedgar EversJohn Lewis

Psychological AspectStudies indicate that music can have profound physical and psychological effects.

Lyrics influence behavior

Oral Tradition

Passed downNever ForgottenCommunicationCoded LanguageMeaningEscape RealityHope/Faith

Historical Events to Remember

Cont.Emmett Till Killing-August 1955

Bus Boycott-December 1955

Bloody Sunday- March 1965

March at Washington-August 1963

African AmericansStereotypesBorn to fightBread to be WARRIORS

DID NOT PHYSICALLY FIGHT BACK?...Hmmmm? SourcesAllen, Barbara. Martin Luther King's Civil Disobedience and the American Covenant Tradition, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Hendrickson, Roberta M. Remembering the Dream: Alice Walker, Meridian and the Civil Rights Movement. Varieties of Ethnic Criticism, no.3 (Fall 1999): 111-128

Moham, Carren. Musics Role Integral to Civil Rights Movement. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Wesleyan Press, 2003.

Why this topic?IntriguingAttention grabberEngrossingLearn more about African American history Learn about the greatness of MUSICNonviolence in a new light16The Music Made Us Do It.