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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
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)
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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...Show moreThis 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.Show less