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Rock Roots
Title: Rock Roots
Category: Society & Culture / Religion
Details: Words: 618 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rock Roots
Rock Roots: Africa and Cuba
- a synthesis between 2 traditions & 2 continents to form rock
- rock is the unique tribute to the power of integration
- upon closer inspection, rock appears to be a purely African addition
to the western musical institution
- Afro-Cuban + black music of Mississippi and Louisiana share common ancestry:
in the early 19th C. the Haitan revolution sent the islands plantation owners packing.
Many managed to escape with their African slaves , whose origins …showed first 75 words of 618 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 618 total…Red" and molded it into "Mabelline"
- Elvis emulated black bluesmen who performed in his hometown of Memphis. He
acted + sung like a black man, challenging the forces of racism w/his every move,
literally [*SHOW SLIDE OF ELVIS / RACISM POSTER*]
- success of Elvis helped pave the way for black bluesmen + artists alike who
otherwise wouldn't have been welcome in mainstream America
- blacks gave Rock its rhythm and whites gave it it's musical form/ package/ looks
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