{"id":42,"date":"2014-08-15T22:20:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/prinzproject\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2019-09-12T10:10:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T10:10:56","slug":"march-activitiesdiscussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sharonroffman.com\/prinzproject\/music-and-literature\/music-at-the-march-on-washington\/march-activitiesdiscussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities\/Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Suggested Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medgar Evers, an African-American civil rights activist, was assassinated in his driveway in 1963.\u00a0 The following four songs were written and sung in response to this tragedy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/alt.obituaries\/QaWy4k6mn4U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here is a link to Mr. Ever\u2019s obituary in the NY Times.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read the obituary and listen to the four songs.\u00a0 How does each interpretation differ from one another?\u00a0 What is the emotional impact of each song?\u00a0 How is listening to the music different than reading the obituary?\u00a0 What is the impact of each medium?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phil Ochs The ballad of Medgar Evers<\/p>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-www-youtube-com-watchvh1t25d2clre wc-rv-post-42 wc-rv-ratio-4-3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1T25D2CLrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Freedom Singers Ballad of Medgar Evers<\/p>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-www-youtube-com-watchvlp0ukygr0x0 wc-rv-post-42 wc-rv-ratio-16-9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lp0UKYgR0x0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Judy Collins Medger Evers Lullaby<\/p>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-www-youtube-com-watchvdzwodipzdn4 wc-rv-post-42 wc-rv-ratio-4-3\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dzwOdIpZdn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobdylan.com\/us\/songs\/only-pawn-their-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Dylan \u2013 Only a Pawn in Their Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify:track:6lib77q4koq52srysevRfT\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research the origins of <em>We Shall Overcome<\/em>, its evolution as a symbol of the civil rights movement, and analyze its impact on the movement and in society as a whole.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to Handel\u2019s Messiah and read Dr. King\u2019s speech entitled \u201cLoving your Enemies.\u201d\u00a0 What do you think Dr. King liked about the Handel and how did it relate to his ideals?\u00a0 What is the spirit of the music?\u00a0 How does the music color the text?<\/li>\n<li>Pick a musician active in the civil rights movement, such as Odetta, Mahalia Jackson, the Freedom Singers, or Pete Seeger, for example.\u00a0 Research their life.\u00a0 How did they view their roles as musicians\/community leaders?\u00a0 Listen to at least 10 of their songs.\u00a0 How did their music reflect their worldview?\u00a0 When listening, consider their lyrics, their way of singing, their style of the music, their background, the other musicians they played with, etc\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Listen to and compare the lyrics of Zog Nit Keynmol , sung by Paul Robeson and James Brown\u2019s Say It Loud (reprinted below.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-row wc-shortcodes-item wc-shortcodes-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-half wc-shortcodes-column-first \"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify:track:0q40MkSyZhZHjtePUEZ3HC\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wc-shortcodes-column wc-shortcodes-content wc-shortcodes-one-half wc-shortcodes-column-last \"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify:track:1ROENnAh6WXJxsNcLwHqJf\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0What was the inspiration for each of these songs?\u00a0 What do they have in common?\u00a0 Who do you think was the intended audience for each song?\u00a0 How do you think the \u201cintended\u201d audience felt and responded hearing each song?\u00a0 What universal themes are brought up in each song?\u00a0 How can each song influence people beyond the time and place they were created?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/11\/opinion\/11guralnick.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read this article from the NYTimes about Elvis Presley.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Listen to Elvis\u2019s version of the song Peace in the Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wc-responsive-video wc-rv-id-https-www-youtube-com-watchv1vqs7e27pdw wc-rv-post-42 wc-rv-ratio-16-9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1VQS7e27pDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>and compare it to this version by Sister Rosetta Tharpe https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMXR1aBVLas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Elvis\u2019 relationship to Memphis and the community he grew up in.\u00a0 Research and listen to the musicians that influenced Elvis\u2019 music and style. Did Elvis break down racial barriers?\u00a0\u00a0 How?\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links to other Lesson Plans:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkways.si.edu\/voices-of-the-civil-rights-movement-black-american-freedom-songs-1960-1966\/african-american-music-documentary-struggle-protest\/album\/smithsonian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A\u00a0great music \/history lesson<\/a> plan from the Smithsonian about Black American Freedom Songs from 1960-1966.<\/p>\n<p>How did the popular music of the 1960s influence or aid the civil rights movement?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/freedom-rides-and-role-popular-music-civil-rights-movement#sect-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How did the Freedom Riders and other political activists inspire or help produce civil rights-oriented music?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachrock.org\/lesson\/the-music-of-the-civil-rights-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How did popular music reflect the values of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and help the movement convey its message?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, students will examine the history and popularity of \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d and investigate six additional songs from different musical genres that reveal the impact of the\u00a0Civil Rights movement. These are:\u00a0Billie Holiday\u2019s \u201cStrange Fruit,\u201d a poignant Blues song depicting the horrors of lynching; Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cOxford Town,\u201d a Folk song about protests after the integration of the University of Mississippi; John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cAlabama,\u201d an instrumental Jazz recording made in response to the September\u00a01963\u00a0church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African-American girls;\u00a0Nina Simone&#8217;s &#8220;Mississippi Goddam,&#8221; a response to the same church bombing as well as the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Mississippi;\u00a0Sam Cooke\u2019s \u201cA Change is Gonna Come,\u201d a Soul song written after Cooke\u2019s arrest for attempting to check in to a whites-only motel in Shreveport, Louisiana; and Odetta&#8217;s &#8220;Oh Freedom,&#8221; a spiritual that Odetta performed at the 1963 March on Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.speakcdn.com\/assets\/2539\/curriculumweb2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Memphis Rock N Soul Museum 72 page \u201cMusical Guide for Educators\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics of Zol Nit Keynmol and Say it Loud (below)<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Zog Nit Keynmol (Never Say)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Never say that you are on your final road,<br \/>\nThough overhead dark skies of lead may death forbade.<br \/>\nThe long awaited hour surely will appear,<br \/>\nWhen with a roar our steps will thunder: we are here!<\/p>\n<p>From land of palm trees to the far-off land of snow,<br \/>\nOur people come together crushed by pain and woe.<br \/>\nBut where a drop of our blood as touched the ground.<br \/>\nThere our strength and our courage will resound.<\/p>\n<p>This song is written down with blood and not with lead.<br \/>\nThe birds don\u2019t sing it, for it fills the air with dread.<br \/>\nThis song was sung as all around us bullets sprayed.<br \/>\nAnd walls collapsed as people hurled their hand grenades.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Say It Loud &#8211; I&#8217;m Black And I&#8217;m Proud&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By James Brown,\u00a01968<\/p>\n<p>Uh, with your bad self<br \/>\nSay it louder (I got a mouth)<br \/>\nSay it louder (I got a mouth)<\/p>\n<p>Look a&#8217;here, some people say we got a lot of malice<br \/>\nSome say it&#8217;s a lotta nerve<br \/>\nI say we won&#8217;t quit moving<br \/>\nTil we get what we deserve<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been buked and we&#8217;ve been scourned<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been treated bad, talked about<br \/>\nAs just as sure as you&#8217;re born<br \/>\nBut just as sure as it take<br \/>\nTwo eyes to make a pair, huh<br \/>\nBrother, we can&#8217;t quit until we get our share<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, one more time<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, huh<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked on jobs with my feet and my hands<br \/>\nBut all the work I did was for the other man<br \/>\nAnd now we demands a chance<br \/>\nTo do things for ourselves<br \/>\nwe tired of beating our heads against the wall<br \/>\nAnd working for someone else<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, oowee<\/p>\n<p>Ooowee, ou&#8217;re killing me<br \/>\nAlright uh, you&#8217;re out of sight<br \/>\nAlright, so tough, you&#8217;re tough enough<br \/>\nOoowee uh, you&#8217;re killing me, oow<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<\/p>\n<p>Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves<br \/>\nWe tired of beating our heads against the wall<br \/>\nAnd working for someone else<br \/>\nA look a&#8217;here,<br \/>\nOne thing more I got to say right here<br \/>\nNow, we&#8217;re people like the birds and the bees<br \/>\nWe rather die on our feet,<br \/>\nThan keep living on our knees<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, hu<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, hu<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, Lord&#8217;a Lord&#8217;a Lord&#8217;a<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, ooooh<\/p>\n<p>Uh, alright now, good Lord<br \/>\nYou know we can do the boog-a-loo<br \/>\nNow we can say we do the Funky Broadway!<br \/>\nNow we can do, hu<br \/>\nSometimes we dance, we sing and we talk<br \/>\nYou know I do like to do the camel walk<br \/>\nAlright now, hu alright,<br \/>\nAlright now, ha<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, let me hear ya<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;s demands a chance to do things for ourselves<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re tired of beating our heads against the wall<br \/>\nAnd working for someone else, hu<br \/>\nNow we&#8217;re our people, too<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re like the birds and the bees,<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;d rather die on our feet,<br \/>\nThan keep a&#8217;living on our knees<\/p>\n<p>Say it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, let me hear ha&#8217;, huh<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, hu<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<\/p>\n<p>Oooow, oowee, you&#8217;re killing me, alright<br \/>\nUh, outa sight, alright you&#8217;re outa sight<br \/>\nOoowee, oh Lord,<br \/>\nOoowee, you&#8217;re killing me<br \/>\nOoowee, ooowee, ooowee, ooowee, ow<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud, hu<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud , Lord I feel it<br \/>\nSay it loud,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<br \/>\nSay it louder,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m black and I&#8217;m proud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suggested Activities: Medgar Evers, an African-American civil rights activist, was assassinated in his driveway in 1963.\u00a0 The following four songs were written and sung in response to this tragedy.\u00a0 Here is a link to Mr. Ever\u2019s obituary in the NY Times.\u00a0 Read the obituary and listen to the four songs.\u00a0 How does each interpretation differ&hellip; 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