Civil Rights Songs
Civil Rights Events
Complete the Lyric Phrase
Misc.
Motown/Detroit
100
Name the artist: Turn, Turn, Turn; If I Had A Hammer
Who is Pete Seeger?
100
This civil rights leader was assassinated on April 4, 1968
Who is MLK, Jr.?
100
"Say it loud, _____________!"
What is, "I'm black and I'm proud?"
100
Name the infamous London-based Jimi Hendrix trio
What is Jimi Hendrix and the Experience?
100
Name one Motown artist
Who is/are, The Supremes; The Temptations; The Jackson 5; Stevie Wonder; etc.
200
Name the artist: Mississippi Goddam
Who is Nina Simone?
200
Name the legislation: LBJ lobbied congress to work diligently to resolve a basic right for all citizens, ending his speech with the phrase, "we shall overcome."
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
200
"If I had a hammer, _____________________."
What is, "I'd hammer in the morning."
200
This Allen Ginsberg poem (influential for Bob Dylan) tracks a friend's descent toward insanity as a comment on life in the '60s
What is "Howl?"
200
Motown's boss
Who is Barry Gordy?
300
Name the artist: A Change Is Gonna Come
Who is Sam Cooke?
300
This presidential candidate was assassinated on June 6, 1968
Who is RFK?
300
"How sweet it is _________________"
What is, "to be loved by you?"
300
The perceived racist program of the United States Army that granted a 2nd change to citizens originally rejected from the service.
What is Project 100,000?
300
The outsider musician that swept Detroit's music scene following MC5 and the Stooges (with a real flare for performance art)
Who is Alice Cooper?
400
Name the artist: Strange Fruit
Who is Billie Holiday?
400
These violent/destructive events occurred throughout the 1960s, especially in ghetto neighborhoods
What are urban riots?
400
"War, huh, yeah, _____________________"
What is, "what is it good for?"
400
The summer music festival that featured both Hendrix's flaming guitar and The Who's onstage antics
What is the Monterey Pop Festival?
400
Motown's choreographer
Who is Cholly Atkins?
500
Name the artist: Alabama (instrumental)
Who is John Coltrane?
500
This U.S. senator mounted a campaign against communist sympathizers and helped establish the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Who is Sen. Joseph McCarthy?
500
"This summer I hear the drumming, ___________________."
What is, "Four dead in Ohio?"
500
The neighborhood in Los Angeles famous as a center for "hippie" culture
What is Haight-Ashbury?
500
The band, poised to hit it big, marginalized when their manager was imprisoned for marijuana
Who are the MC5?
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