Course Description
What if you could feel history, hear it in the beat of a drum, the hum of a spiritual, the bassline of protest? Music for the Soul: Rhythm, Resistance, and Revolution in American History takes you on a journey through the soundtrack of Black a.m.erica, showing how music has always been more than art, rather the voice of power, pain, resistance, and revolution. From the fields of the South to the streets of Harlem, from Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar, we'll explore how Black music has shaped American identity and sparked social change. You will experience history through sound.