The Age of Segregation
Area of the US known for its hospitality and described as gallant and smelling of fresh magnolia in the song Strange Fruit, even though this is also the part of the country where segregation was most common.
What is the South?
Prominent civil rights activist known for his advocacy of nonviolent resistance, racial equality, and social justice – and for daring to dream big…
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Hip hop group from Compton addressing social issues and the rough treatment of African Americans by the police
Who were N.W.A.?
Musician widely recognised for her pop music in which she is known to celebrate black culture and heritage as well as female empowerment.
Who is Beyoncé?
Lines of a song repeated after each verse often entailing the big musical payoff or climax of the song and summarising the message.
What is a chorus?
A 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago who was beaten and tortured to death in 1955 in Mississippi after being accused of flirting with a white woman, and who was in an open casket for the funeral to show the world the brutality of his death.
Who was Emmett Till?
Prominent civil rights activist drawing attention to the unacceptable racial inequality who was willing to use ‘any means necessary’ in fighting it
Who was Malcolm X?
American rapper with a family background in the Black Panthers who was killed in a drive by shooting but whose songs about the social dead-end situation of the black ghettoes are still highly popular.
Who was 2Pac/Tupac Shakur?
Movement for racial justice using Kendrick Lamar’s song to remind and inspire each other that “We’re gonna be alright”.
What is ‘Black Lives Matter’?
A direct comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor for lynching in the South in a song by Billie Holiday
What is ‘Strange Fruit’?
Political militant organization formed in 1966 whose views on social injustice done to African American were communicated in a ten point program, and whose black berets, leather jackets and raised firsts are iconic.
Who were the Black Panthers?
2Pac’s motto which sums up the idea that hate and lack of understanding between black and white people ruins the American society as children will grow up feeling judged and desperate and in time turn to crime and violence.
What is ’Thug Life’?
Pulitzer prize winning rapper who is addressing the same social issues as the previous generations of rappers who inspired him, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, and who played at Roskilde Festival 2023.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is an alliteration?
State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Emblematic phrase from the civil rights movement that refers to the hope that someday USA will have racial equality and judge people for their abilities and values rather than the colour of their skin
What is 'I have a dream'?
Early hip hop song addressing the cycle of poverty, unemployment, violence and despair especially prevalent in the inner city warning American society that racial and social inequality bring people close to the edge.
What is ’The Message’?
Term used to describe the abuse of power by the authorities experienced especially by Americans of colour, to the extent that a study in 2019 predicted that 1 out of 1,000 young African American males would be killed by it.
What is police brutality?
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
What is a pun?
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
What is the 13th amendment?
This genre of music has roots in traditional African American music, it has strongly religious connotations, and it is traceable in black American popular music from the time of slavery up until today.
What is gospel/soul?
Subgenre of hip hop widely criticized for inspiring crime, violence, racism, rape, street gangs, drive-by shootings, vandalism, drug-dealing while rappers defend it by arguing that it merely addresses existing contradictions in American society and exposes subjects that are usually not addressed by politicians.
What is ganster rap?
Way of voicing concerns and dissatisfactions with social or political issues traditionally used to rally and keep up the spirit of the people and gain a deeper impact on the audience – and hopefully in the end make an actual change.
What is protest music?
The pattern of similarities in sound of two or more words which provides a poem or a song with a certain structure and in that way helps the listener to remember passages and meaning.
What is a rhyme scheme?