&quot;We'd Rather Die on Our Feet Than Be Livin' on Our Knees&quot;: The Role of Radicalism in African-American Protest Music, 1960 – 1990: A Case Study and Lyrical Analysis

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Fransen, Roos (2018)

"We'd Rather Die on Our Feet Than Be Livin' on Our Knees": The Role of Radicalism in African-American Protest Music, 1960 – 1990: A Case Study and Lyrical Analysis

Master thesis | North American Studies (MA)

This thesis analyzes song lyrics by Nina Simone, James Brown, and Public Enemy, and questions how they are radical in the context of the diachronic development of black civil rights activism. It straddles both very broad context and detailed analysis.

Author: Fransen, Roos

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors: Polak, Sara

ECTS Credits: 20

Language: en

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"We'd Rather Die on Our Feet Than Be Livin' on Our Knees": The Role of Radicalism in African-American Protest Music, 1960 – 1990: A Case Study and Lyrical Analysis