Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
IntrodutionI chose the song, "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley. The reasons I chose this song was because it sings about an important turning point in history for black Americans. If it were not for the buffalo soldiers we may not have blacks serving in the army. "Buffalo Soldier" is about the African- American regiment of army that served after the civil war mainly during the Indian wars in the late 1860's. This song talks about racism in the time of the buffalo soldier and how their ancestors were brought over and used as slaves. At the time the Buffalo Soldiers were in the 10th Calvary Regiment but as time went on and they became more accepted and spread out to other Calvary Regiments. Native Americans gave them their nickname because during the winter when they were wearing big jackets and riding on there horses the, they would mistake them for buffalo. When the song was written civil rights was a very big topic all over the country during the 1960's.
Buffalo Soldier
Facts
Four Black students in Greensboro, North Carolina begin to integrate the school by sitting with white kids. (1960)
Civil rights law passes that there should be no segregation towards Blacks on public transportation (1961)
Wilt Chamberlin scores 100 points in a single NBA basketball game setting a new record. (1962)
James Meredith, first black student to go to the University of Mississippi. Kennedy sent 5,000 federal troops. (1962)
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech after being jailed earlier that year. (1963)
Sunday school bombed in Birmingham, Alabama the day four black girls go to sunday sch
Aretha Franklin
ool. (1963)
Sydney Poitier becomes the first Black actor to win an Oscar for best actor. (1963)
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act prohibiting any racial discrimination. (1964)
KKK murders three civil rights activists, two white and one black. (1964)
Cassuis Clay wins the world heavy weight boxing championships. Later he joins Islam and inherits the name Muhammad Ali. (1964)
Martin Luther King receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. (1964)
Malcolm X, major civil rights activist was assassinated early in the year. (1965)
Voting Rights Act passed by congress to make voting easier for Blacks in the south. (1965)
The Black Panthers were founded, a violent civil rights group start by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. (1966)
Maulana Ron Kerenga creates the holiday Kwanzaa, which is based on the African harvest festivals. (1966)
President Johnson nominates Thurgood Marshall to be the first black Supreme Court Justice. (1967)
Supreme courts asks all states to revise their laws for a law discriminating against interracial marriage. (1967)
Aretha Franklin records many hit singles, which lead to her gaining the tile of "Queen of Soul" (1967)
Shirley Chisholm comes to be the first African American women elected to congress. (1968)
Arthur Ash is the first African American tennis player to win the U.S. Open.
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated. (1968)
Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed by President Johnson forbidding the discrimination when buying, renting, or financing a house. (1968)
Arthur Mitchell founds The Dance Theater of Harlem, which was the first African American classical dance company. (1969)
Malcolm X
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Response
"Buffalo Soldier" is a very strong historical lyrics even thought it is not all completely accurate. This song is ironic and so is the history because the Buffalo Soldiers were fighting against the Indians in the Indian wars for a country that continued to persecute them. Becoming Buffalo Soldiers was one way of African Americans trying to "fit in" and be what was thought to be "normal" by many racists. In the song Marley talks about how African American's have had to fight for their rights and their lives ever since they were first brought to the United States.
Bio Artist
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley was a singer, song writer muscian from Jamaica. Bob Marley was part of the Rastafari movement, which led to his genre choice of reggae and his choice to become a vegetarian. When Bob Marley began his career he was in a band called Bob Marley and the Wailers. Later Marley began to go solo. Bob Marley is often connected to Marijuana. This is because Marley was influenced by marijuana even though it never deterred from what Marley wanted to say. Bob Marley died the the age of 36 from a form of cancer called acral lentiginous melanoma. The cancer spread throughout his body which led to his death.
Bob Marley
Opinion Piece
Nobody should ever have to go through what African Americans went through to get to this point and time in life. Rights and respect should not have to be earned of given, they should be given "free of charge" to every living creature. It is a shame that discrimination is even a word. Black Americans have gone a long way to get to where they are now, and that is something to celebrate. Change (the campaign slogan for first Black President) is a good thing in the end even if people have differently opinions about it in the beginning. A good thing for humanity to do is to stop any kind of discrimination, start with something little and easy. Notice the good things about people, bring to the world, before the bad.
Lyrics
(Feel free to sing along in your best Bob Marley impersonation with the video posted below)
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta:
There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.
I mean it, when I analyze the stench -
To me it makes a lot of sense:
How the Dreadlock Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier,
And he was taken from Africa, brought to America, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta -
Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America.
If you know your history,
Then you would know where you coming from,
Then you wouldn't have to ask me,
Who the 'eck do I think I am.
I'm just a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for America.
Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Buffalo Soldier troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh!
Said he wanna ran, then you wanna hand,
Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea.
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for America;
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Driven from the mainland to the heart of the Caribbean.
Troddin' through San Juan in the arms of America;
Troddin' through Jamaica, a Buffalo Soldier
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival:
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta.Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Introdution I chose the song, "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley. The reasons I chose this song was because it sings about an important turning point in history for black Americans. If it were not for the buffalo soldiers we may not have blacks serving in the army. "Buffalo Soldier" is about the African- American regiment of army that served after the civil war mainly during the Indian wars in the late 1860's. This song talks about racism in the time of the buffalo soldier and how their ancestors were brought over and used as slaves. At the time the Buffalo Soldiers were in the 10th Calvary Regiment but as time went on and they became more accepted and spread out to other Calvary Regiments. Native Americans gave them their nickname because during the winter when they were wearing big jackets and riding on there horses the, they would mistake them for buffalo. When the song was written civil rights was a very big topic all over the country during the 1960's.
Facts
Response
"Buffalo Soldier" is a very strong historical lyrics even thought it is not all completely accurate. This song is ironic and so is the history because the Buffalo Soldiers were fighting against the Indians in the Indian wars for a country that continued to persecute them. Becoming Buffalo Soldiers was one way of African Americans trying to "fit in" and be what was thought to be "normal" by many racists. In the song Marley talks about how African American's have had to fight for their rights and their lives ever since they were first brought to the United States.Bio Artist
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley was a singer, song writer muscian from Jamaica. Bob Marley was part of the Rastafari movement, which led to his genre choice of reggae and his choice to become a vegetarian. When Bob Marley began his career he was in a band called Bob Marley and the Wailers. Later Marley began to go solo. Bob Marley is often connected to Marijuana. This is because Marley was influenced by marijuana even though it never deterred from what Marley wanted to say. Bob Marley died the the age of 36 from a form of cancer called acral lentiginous melanoma. The cancer spread throughout his body which led to his death.Opinion Piece
Nobody should ever have to go through what African Americans went through to get to this point and time in life. Rights and respect should not have to be earned of given, they should be given "free of charge" to every living creature. It is a shame that discrimination is even a word. Black Americans have gone a long way to get to where they are now, and that is something to celebrate. Change (the campaign slogan for first Black President) is a good thing in the end even if people have differently opinions about it in the beginning. A good thing for humanity to do is to stop any kind of discrimination, start with something little and easy. Notice the good things about people, bring to the world, before the bad.Lyrics
(Feel free to sing along in your best Bob Marley impersonation with the video posted below)Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta:
There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.
I mean it, when I analyze the stench -
To me it makes a lot of sense:
How the Dreadlock Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier,
And he was taken from Africa, brought to America, Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta -
Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America.
If you know your history,
Then you would know where you coming from,
Then you wouldn't have to ask me,
Who the 'eck do I think I am.
I'm just a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for America.
Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy! Buffalo Soldier troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh!
Said he wanna ran, then you wanna hand,
Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea.
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier win the war for America;
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Driven from the mainland to the heart of the Caribbean.
Singing, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy, Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Troddin' through San Juan in the arms of America;
Troddin' through Jamaica, a Buffalo Soldier
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival:
Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta.Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
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