VI. From the Spirituals
​to the Blues
What sounds/feels similar? What is different?  How? Why?  
How might these Blueswomen connect to Maria Stewart ?

Note: These are all historical re-enactments

week EIGHT. october 12

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I. Welcome Back!

II. Reminders

• Please remember that there are two subpages for this unit!
• ​Bringe earbuds!
  

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III. Natalie Presents!
Next presenter: Ruba

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Presentation Line-Up:
Alexi (week 10), Christina (week 11), Chris (week 12)

IV. Natalie Presents . . .

V. Instructional Midterm Evaluation

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Looking for More Connections

1. Why this repeating theme?
2. What are the Blues? What does this have to do with Black rhetoric? 
3. What does this tell us about Black women's lives?  Why the Blues? 

"Soon I Will Be Done" by Mahalia Jackson

"I Be Troubled" (1942) by Muddy Waters

Contemporary Blues:
Big Mama Thornton

We will return to Sister Rosetta Tharpe's sound and legacy next week. In the meantime, you should also hear some Big Mama Thornton.  These two songs below ("Hound Dog" and "Ball and Chain") were made "famous" by Elvis Presley and Janis Joplin (who also reaped the money), but the sound, soul, and lyrics were SOLELY Big Mama Thornton.

VII. Closing discussion

What is the intervention/interruption that Black feminist rhetoric in the early 20th century makes?