Discuss The Role Of Song In The Civil Rights Movement

Someone once said that where words fall short, music takes the lead. That has been proven all throughout history. In the 20th century especially, our world was changed drastically without notice on many occasions. The people divided in the world when Pete Seeger sang We Shall Overcome, began to sing with him in hopes of finding peace in the world. The Government and people the same have used song as propaganda to express their point of view, misery, and determination throughout the 20th century. In the Civil Rights movement specifically, songs moved people with hope and and led them to push for a better life. The oppression and violence that blacks faced caused such emotion that could only be expressed in song. As Sifiso Ntuli said “ A song is something that we communicate to those people who otherwise would not understand where we are something from. you could give them a long political speech- they would …show more content…
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