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Nina Simone Goddam Mississippi


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAYVaHEMK0I

This song may have a very bounce folk dance rythm to it making you wanna dance, but let that fool into thinking that its a happy song. The song is about the emotional distress this person has toward these different states in the south.And how this person is losing hope as each day passes by and how there becoming more impatient, as it is represtented by the melody of the song. i belive this song is targeting ploiticains both in the north and south. because they are the ones who have power to change the ways the laws and the people who enforce those laws work, i also belive what she is really telling people is to stop playing dumb.

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2) What is Reed's argument about why music was so important to the Civil Rights movement? What are some of the specific roles it played in the movement? How does this relate or compare to your own experiences of the role of music in everyday life, or the relation of music to politics?



Reed belives that music is a very important part of the civil rights movement as so do many others belive also.Reed makes the argument that the music was more to people then just lyrics and soft meldy. The songs they use were mostly gospel spiritual songs. these songs would givie people hope and inspire them, the people could relate to these songs and the pain in them that some of the songs were change to talk about issues at that time. The relationship between music and politics is that you can use music as a tool to get your political views out there. and the use of lyrics can really make a impression on people.

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2) In his essay "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow," Richard Wright describes his experiences as a young man learning about the power system of the South. How would you describe this system: who has the power? How do they hold on to it? How do people without power respond and resist? What forms of resistance do you think would be effective in this system?



In the Ethics of Living Jim Crow" Richard Wright tells about his experiences.At the time the government wasnt really democratic government.The people who had the power in the country during this time, are the white folk. the way they are able to contain thtere power is by enslaving black folks with theses ridicoulos socal rules; that prevents them from being treated as equals.i think black folks would do good in resisting all these social rules,if they were more violent and more demananding.

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