Reflect Popular Music and the Civil Rights Movement

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Popular Music and the Civil Rights Movement
The link between popular music culture and the civil rights movements was promoted by the early union songs such as “This Land is Your Land” that were mostly spiritual. The movements were formed for specific purposes to champion a particular purpose. According to Bernice Reagon, the songs moved the movements. However, the civil rights activists did not subscribe to all types of music. For instance, initially, the activists avoided the rock ‘n' roll music because they perceived that the commercial bent of the music did not align with the goals of the movement's struggle. This type closed the lines of age, race, and class.
The rights movement had a more significant influence on the musical culture. They helped to shape the trajectory of the popular music during the period of activism. For instance, in the mid-1950s, various political parties began to rise spearheaded by Reverend Martin Luther. During this time, the music world began experiencing dramatic changes. It began diversifying from its longstanding taboo as the gospel music started fusing blues and rhythm. Popular music became an essential element of spearheading the regional struggles, especially for the blacks in the south to the national audience. For example, by using the rebellious tone, music styles such as the early rock ‘n' roll helped to mirror the black people’s demand for political change. As black activists focused on changing the political landscape of the nation, rock ‘n' roll was focused on altering the national landscape for popular music. The introduction of rock ‘n’ roll succeeded in changing the style and form of popular music, but did little to change the lyric. At that time, some musicians such as Chuck Berry still produced music with lyric contents that promoted social inequalities. The right movements championed for social inequality. They argued that full assimilation into the American life would be necessitated by the address of the issues concerning social equality. The movements tried to propagate their struggles through rock ‘n’ roll music. However, did not manage to tame the lyric content of this type of music.
The girls groups played an essential part in promoting the black culture. Civil rights activities increased dramatically during the 1960s. During this time, another style of music, r&b came up. The r&b type used elaborate instrumentation, next-generation producers such as Luther Nixon, and advanced recording techniques to deliver forcefulness and the emotional impact of the blues and rhythm. It helped to rekindle the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll which had died down. The popularity of the r&b music type helped to popularize the girls groups which primarily consisted of a first black female group in America. The influence of this group cannot be disregarded. For the first time in history, more black artists were featured on the end-year single charts courtesy of the girls group which paved the way for other black artists into the American Music charts....