336, which is rock n roll history in the united states. i am dr. butler. today, the topic we are going to address is black rock during the post- civil rights era. i will share my screen. let s go ahead and get started. the timeframe we are using today is roughly 1966-1978. those are the historical starting points, in 1966, for reasons that will become clear as we progress. and 1978 is the release date of the last work of art we are going to mention today. to set historical context, one thing we have to do is situate the music into the historical period, so the connection between the period and the art is abundantly clear. what, then, do we mean when we use a term like post-civil rights era? one of the things it indicates is a changing civil rights struggle. the music of this period is important, because it represents , in cultural terms, the limits of civil rights-era legislation. i have a couple photographs on the slide that highlight the two legislative triumphs of the tr
address is black rock during the post civil rights era. i will share my screen. let s go ahead and get started. the timeframe for the lecture is roughly 1966-1978. those are the historical starting points, in 1966, for reasons that will become clear as we progress. and 1978 is the release date of last work of art that we are going to mention today. to set historical context, one of the things we have to do is situate the music into the historical period, so the connection between the period and the art is abundantly clear. what then do we mean, when we use the term post-civil rights era? one of the things it indicates is a changing civil rights struggle. the music of this period is important, because it represents in cultural terms the limits of civil rights-era legislation. i have a couple photographs on the slide that highlight the two legislative triumphs of the traditional civil rights movement. these are the victories against legal segregation, that is what the movement
4, 1968. dr. king still had his nonviolent resistance following, but after the aftermath of the assassination of malcolm x, you have the formation of the black panther party, you have carmichael calling out for black power to take control of their own neighborhoods, so there was a split in which ideology and philosophy was the most effective way to combat civil rights in america. martin luther king began to be overshadowed by these young black militants. he was not in the receiving a very high approval rating in the black community at this time, it was as if the african-american communities turned their back. this was only supposed to be a d tour for martin luther king jr., coming to memphis. he was going to lead a march. and his ultimate goal is to get the washington dc later that month for his proposed poor people s campaign. segregationists and those opposing his mission at this time are saying he cannot have a controlled march in memphis, there is no way that he will be s
thank you for going to show us around memphis today. producer,rd winner you have been a lifelong resident of memphis. yes. i been here all my life and i grew up, i had a crazy childhood growing up with the temptations of the house and the duty , just yound al green know all these cool people. we will go by the stax museum into the civil rights cesium and the lorraine hotel in just some cool memphis places. should we go? we re going into the downtown now. townis is a cool part of this just been under development for the past 10 years. blacks is predominantly and any of maybe 60% african-american. know, i think the race relations today are way cooler than they used to be an memphis have a lot of nightclubs and restaurants where you see black-and-white and all races, all classes. we are driving on to beale street right now, beale street is known as the main through way for memphis. beale street, nicole at the home of the blues because this bobby blue king and bland and