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32 Cards in this Set
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made legal segregation unconstitutional jump started civil rights movement
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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made blacks become pessimistic
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MLK assassinated
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accent and decline of soul music mirrored that of
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the civil rights movement
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soul music was normally used as
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rally cries
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cultural associations with soul
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pride in being black, Afro, food, clothing, slang
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raw gritty powerful sound
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soul in the rural south
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smoother pop sounding music
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soul in the northern cities
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Pride, struggle, love, hope, ecstasy, pain, sorrow
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black expression in the 1960s
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First fusion of R&B and gospel in landmark record “I Got Woman”.Became blueprint for soul music
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Ray Charles
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Soul Brother #1”, “The Godfather of Soul”, “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business
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James Brown
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Incorporated backup band, Emcee, Choreography, Exciting live performances. At least 10 costume changes, Cast of 2 dozen
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characteristics of stage show
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theatre in harlem tough audience
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Live at the Apollo
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Shrieked screamed grunted (good god)
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James brown
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Melodic and harmonic instruments in band played in short, staccato, nonmelodic ways
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james browns band
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good looking, sweet delivery, romantic ballads, liked by all
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sam cooke
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one of gospels most popular groups
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soul stirrers
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soul stirrers were inspired when they were in
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highway QC band
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when sam cooke converted to pop he
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changed his name to dale coke and fans were outraged
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shot by night manager when he was trying to hump a chick
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sam cooke/dale cooke
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founder of motown
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barry gordy for 800$ in 1959
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sign on front door of motown reads
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Hitsville, USA
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motown was the largest black owned company in the
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1960s
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most successful writing team at motown
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Holland/dozier/holland
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decline of motown
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Artists angered of Gordy’s stingy contracts, Overbearing control over artists, HDH team left, Gordy finally sold for $61 million
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Americas greatest living poet, wrote love songs, used clever rhyming
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smoky robinson
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primary writer/producer for the miracles
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smokey robinson
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sing in high voice above natural range
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falsetto
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five school girls sang "mr. postman"
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the marvelettes
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signed with motown at age 10. played all instruments
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stevie wonder
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grew up singing and playing in fathers church, did coke, father shot him to death
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marvin gaye
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gritty lead vocal of levi stubbs
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the four tops
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most commercially successful male vocal groups in 1960s, precise choreography
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the temptations
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