Thursday, December 3, 2009

Civil rights movement (continued)

For seminar 9, the lecture I suggested is : Clayborn Carson's lecture on Stokeley Carmichael


or downloadable from i-tunes ( Stanford : The modern freedom struggle, lecture number 13 on Stokeley Carmichael).

All of his lectures can be watched on youtube. He is a very engaging speaker and I've found his lectures informative and thoughtful. He has also invited activists from the civil rights movement to speak about their experiences.



For more songs and different versions from the ones we've heard in class :


And it's all perfectly legal !

You'll notice that these recordings are even more authentic (the sound isn't perfect).
'If you miss me from the back of the bus' is the original version referring to the desegregation of buses.
There are a few good examples of medleys, where you can hear the singers switching to another song midway through, prompted by the song leader, an early version of mixing?