MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Big Bopper, Magnetophon, Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Birth of rock and roll coincides with emergence of civil rights movements - not a coincidence. Civil rights movement was based on non violence. Do not present any sort of violence or aggression towards anyone. Lots of laws were put in place to make life difficult for the african americans. Black ppl and sympathetic whites would rent a bus and sit next to each other and cross as many state lines as possible intentionally breaking laws (without violence) Very dangerous ppl got beat up by mobs and busses were set on fire. These things were getting on the news, eventually international news - other countries thought poorly of the racism in the states and over time signs and stupid laws started to come down. Martin luther king jr. was spearheading this (this was rosa parks minister) Dislike of rock n roll is linked to middle-class white fears regarding the growing strength of the.
