Music in the 70s

Presenter: Itzel Garcia

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Department: American Multicultural Studies

Funding Source/Sponsor: SYRCE Symposium

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Abstract:
My project is about how music in the 1970s tied into how people were feeling during all the protests that occured in this time. In my presentation I have mentioned the different song styles that were popular during the 70s. I mentioned a few major events that gathered so many individuals together to protest for what they believed in. Not only have I listed the variety of music that was popular but I have chosen a few specific songs. Some people overlook the power that music has especially when conveying a certain issue. Music is powerful in so many ways that it can connect people to how many people it connects overall. Music is sometimes overlooked in history when in reality music contains valuable history within it. One thing that individuals can always remember is the music that they've once heard at a younger age and has stuck with them their whole lives. Music is not just a source of entertainment, music is so much more. Music is a mood changer, a source of excitement, and an easy way for memories to be stored. The events that occured in the 70s have been recorded in history books but the music that was recorded is not usually taught in classroom settings or the meaning of said song. 

Citations 

Kaufman, Will. American Culture in the 1970s. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

James Robinson, “The evolution of African American music” MA, CSP, MTA AAFSA Historian 

Music and Protest in 1968,​ edited by Beate Kutschke, and Barley Norton, Cambridge University Press, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central.

Pearson, Stephen. "The Year 1970." ​The People's History.​ N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2016.

Sarah Jane, “ the U.S.A from the 1970s to the present” Schomburg center for research in black culture 2011.

Powell, Catherine Tabb. “Rap Music: An Education with a Beat from the Street.” ​The Journal of Negro Education​ 1991