AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 15Outline of Last Lecture I. New Negro Outline of Current Lecture II. Bessie SmithIII. Blues IV. Key People Current LectureI. Bessie Smith- Film we saw in class - Most popular female blues singer- Major influence of jazz- Trained by Rainey- Very popular- She made a lot of money - Blues and JazzII. Blues- Associated with women- Varied emotions - Blues began in Mississippi III. Key PeopleW.C Handy- The “Father of the Blues”- Began career as a minstrel performer- Blues composer and musician- Moved blues music from regional style to a more dominant nation force in African music- Used folk material in his compositions Robert Abbot- Migrated to the North (Chicago)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Created newspaper = Chicago Defender o 1 of 2 daily paperso National paper- Urged African Americans to migrate North and escape segregation- Extremely wealthy/millionaireMarcus Garvey- Independent African American leader - Had global followers/Universally admired - Published newspapero “Negro World” – Published in 3 different languages - Self-educated - Influenced by the philosophy by Booker T. Washington- Called for unity of African descent - UNIA- Universal Negro Improvement Associationo Unite all blacks around the world - Build good economic foundation and then build from there (Booker influence)- Liberation of Africa from European powers - Good orator – Many slogans o “Up you mighty race, you will accomplish what you want to”- Opened up many businesses - Steamship companyo To be able to trade goods but collapsed because of economic difficulties and it changed difficulties and Garvey was charged with fraud and sent to jail Joe Louis - Second black man for the heavyweight champion of boxing - Main opponent was Schmeling o Schmeling won first round o Joe knocked Schmeling out on the second round Joe was known as a hero after this o Became close
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