Social Movement Research Assignement

So the civil rights movement was one of tremendous importance and it made

significant strides in creating inclusive legislation

and generally a more inclusive society.

Um activists and protesters for the movement fought

long and hard through so much abuse,

both physical and verbal,

but at the end they were successful in affecting this incredible change.

However, it's

difficult to look at our current society and realize that a lot of the issues

that were being fought against back in the

sixties and the fifties are still prevalent.

Now,

the modern day Black Lives Matter movement is

fighting against a lot of similar issues,

systematic discrimination abuse

even with police brutality. When we think back to bloody sunday

events such as those are not so far away when we think back to the Black Lives Matter

Events such as those are not so far away.

When we think back to the black lives matter protests in 2020.

And as far as the element of music goes,

you can really see how important music was to the civil rights movement,

It provided inspiration like this.

And as far as the element of music goes,

you can really see how important it was for the movement.

As far as inspiration goes with Sam Cooke song,

that was really a source of inspiration for so many people in the movement.

That story of, you know, we have these awful things going on,

but this is finally the time that change is going to happen.

And music was also used for expression like in the Nina

Simone song talking about just getting her frustration out about her

where she was at with the movement and the current

society and just wanting to be on equal footing with

the people around her essentially.

So music was a really powerful way for artists to convey

their frustration with the current system and the way

they were being treated and their families were being treated

and the other important role of played was spreading a message.

So getting these stories to a wider audience

that maybe might not have gotten it otherwise.

So with bob Dylan,

he's telling the story of a community that maybe would

have had a hard time getting their message out themselves.

So he's,

you know, telling that story through his music and telling a specific story.

And another important element is music helps spread the message, right?

So music might travel farther than just the spoken words.

So, by putting these things into song, these frustrations,

these awful events that are happening,

it's helping the message spread to more and more people

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