Freedom Singers Research Paper

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Music in the 1960’s was a sort of magnet that brought people together during a time where segregation was at the peak of America. Musicians like The Freedom Singers spoke to African Americans while they were in their darkest hour. The Freedom Singers traveled through America from 1962-1966. The Beatles were also a huge up and coming band that completely transformed not only America but the entire world. One way they did that was with their style. Music also helped people to protest and get their thoughts out to the public.
The Freedom Singers formed in 1962.were a voice for African Americans all throughout the county. The Freedom Singers main goals were to profit the organization they worked for and amalgamate African Americans during the
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The Beatles focused on music as whole instead of filling in one or two materials and an amazing song (Huffman, Rex. "Five Ways The Beatles Changed the World." Times Reporter). They were the first band to do that and their style set up music for the next generation of singer and songwriters. Most musicians nowadays tell their story through a music video it captures what the musician wants to get across in a short amount of time. Although, The Beatles did not invent short music-film performances or make some of their songs make it seem like it was shot from a movie they were the first band to mesh those ideas together (Daniel, Tom. "10 Beatles Innovations That Changed Music."). Their idea of the music video came when they were on a tight schedule and they need a quicker way to get their music out ( Candaele). Man in the 1960’s had a only one haircut and it was a buzz cut. Once The Beatles came to America they were given another choice and it was called the moptops. (McGasko, Joe. "We Love Them, Yeah Yeah Yeah: 7 Ways the Beatles Changed American Culture."). They were an success man had a new way of identifying themselves. People simply adopted to it, manufacturers were making wings and people could not get enough of them. The Beatles were an extraordinary band that was willing to think outside the box and rejuvenate the world around …show more content…
Rock and Roll spoke to kids and told them it was ok to be different and rebellious (Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.). Artist like Bob Dylan used music to show his displeasure on the war of Vietnam (Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.). He wrote the song give peace a chance to say that instead of fighting and hating each other let’s be peaceful and respect each other. When Bob Dylan opened up about the Vietnam War in the early 1960s and what it meant (in his mind to get be an American),(Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.). With the performance at Woodstock on August 18th, 1969, Jimi Hendrix put an Apogee on the civil rights movement (Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History). He played the Star Spangled Banner on his guitar. His performance shot down an era of music hating on America's military and the Vietnam War (Candaele, Kerry. "The Sixties and Protest Music." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History). Music in the 1960’s will go down as one of the greatest decades for music because of how it changed the world. Artists like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix changed our perspective of the what it meant to be an American and how