33.1 Shout and Never Tire, "Cause We Gon' Be Alright!" How Music Served as a Weapon for African Americans
What:
Student Poster
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When:
8:30 AM, Friday 8 Nov 2019
(1 hour 50 minutes)
Where:
Grand Ballroom A/B
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African Americans in the transoceanic slave trade sang triumphantly: "We gon' be alright!" My poster shows the catalyzing effects of music in African American movements for equality. Music has been a powerful force, a potent weapon for both resilience and resistance, for African Americans for the past five hundred years.
