,Running head: THE FUNCTION OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The Function of Negro Spirituals in the Eighteenth Century and The Influence of People of Color Gospel Music Today Booker T. Cooper McNair Scholars December 10, 2009 Abstract The purpose of this research is to study the influence of Negro spirituals from the eighteenth century upon twentieth and twenty-first centuries People of Color Gospel Music. The rationale behind this study rests largely on the realization that Negro spirituals during the time of black slavery functioned as a way to communicate between small groups of people. Today, People of Color Gospel Music serves a similar function in their congregation. For example, the ability of black
Calloway-Thomas, Carolyn; Thurmon Garner. "Daisy Bates and the Little Rock School Crisis: Forging the Way." Journal of Black Studies, v.26, no.5. (May, 1996): 616-628. Documentary History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.
Los Angeles: Warner Faith, 2006. MacRobert, Lain. The Black Roots and White Racism of Early Pentecostalisn in the USA. London: MacMillian Press, 1988. Newmann, Richard and James S. Tinney.
King along with many of the other leaders that were at the forefront of the civil rights movement were financially stable and were therefore able to become a strong voice in the southern community. This was a good thing because it helped blacks become independent in the ideas that they had to get their message across. On the flip side of every good there is bad. These people became a target for their “enemy.” Being beaten, hosed, killed, and bombed were the end results. The church became the campus for blacks as well as whites (who were against segregation) to come together and voice their opinions.
The bible is here to help us live our everyday lives as Christians. For years African Americans had to reinterpret the bible to help them reorganize their lives. We had to put it in our own context, because the bible was used to oppress us. Africans were more concerned with experiences. Migliore states that the bible is a witness, and at its center it attests the sovereign, liberating grace of God in Christ.
African Americans are a group of people that have overcome several obstacles from slavery to freedom to a seat at the White House. African Americans are one of the most respected and important groups in American history because they were courageous enough to stand for something that they believed in until laws were changed so that they were treated equal to white American citizens. Today, African Americans are still excelling and living the American dream, but some question whether their culture is the reasons for the negativity in their communities. African American culture is consists of people take pride in family, music, religion, and community. Unity and religion is what made this group of people strong and powerful.
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Special Presentation: Black Preachers A method of communication, a spiritual connection, or a rally to faith are all ways to describe the African American oratory tradition embodied by black preachers over time. Some have even defined the lively and spirited delivery of the black sermon as an art form. This special one hour documentary, Black Preachers, captures the words and vocal styles African Americans have used at the pulpit throughout U.S. history. Rooting the sermon in the oral traditions developed under slavery, this program follows prominent black preachers from the dark days of slavery through the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout this compelling program, historians and black leaders discuss the central role
How did the Black Panther Party lead to the black movement of self-determination? Luis Arguello Internal Assessment May 2014 Word Count: 1,729 Table of Contents A. Plan of Investigation………………………………………………Page 3 B. Summary of Evidence……………………………………………..Page 3 C. Evaluation of Sources……………………………………………...Page 4 D. Analysis……………………………………………………………Page 5 E. Conclusion………………………………………………………....Page 8 F. List of Sources……………………………………………………..Page 9 A.
Department of Africana Studies University at Albany-SUNY AAFS341 African/African American Religion Spring 2013 Instructor: Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth Email: rbooth@albany.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12noon to 2:00PM Telephone: 442-4730 Business Administration Block Room #114 (BA-114) Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays – 2:45PM – 4:05PM HU124 Required Textbooks: African American Religious History: Documentary Witness, 2nd edition, Milton C. Sernett, editor This Far by Faith, Juan Williams and Quinton Dixie The Black Church in the African American Experience, C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya Course Objective: This course will explore African and African American religion in the United Stated