African American Song In The 1960's

Around the 1800’s, people were treated differently because of their skin color. They would label these people as “Coloreds”. They would treat the coloreds with disrespect. They would spit on them and beat them for no reason at all. They would put the African Americans in segregated schools and separate them from the whites. The blacks didn’t like this, so they did civil rights protest. During these non-violent protests, they would express their feelings through songs, like ”Kumbaya” and “On Freedom”. Both African Americans and their supporters would come together and sing old church songs that were revised and brought meaning to their movement.Music played a huge role during this time. It gave a voice to the people and added hope and bondage.
One type of song in the 1960’s, would sustain Civil Rights Movements. It was called Jazz and Blues. It was also known as Triumphant Music, it brought hope to others in the movement. The Blues and Jazz would tell the roughest times and difficulties of life and put it into a song. This type of song would be used for setbacks,
Many blacks and others would get arrested for protesting, flirting with others, and standing up to whites. When arrested, they would sing out to each other after being put into a jail cell. “Sing your Freedom Song……..We sang old folks songs and gospel songs to which new words had been written, telling of the Freedom Ride and its purpose” one jailer would speak out to the others. Just one song would leave a deep mark in African Americans and its allies’ memories. In the Afro-American folk church tradition most songs we unpracticed and performed in the old style of singing. The lyrics were changed, melodies adapted, and older forms of song were mixed with newer forms. During their movements, Coloreds would have meeting explaining what they would do next. Often at these meetings there would be singing to raise their