Funk

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** "If it ain't Funk, It's all junk" ** = = __ By: Victoria Odom, Eric Loth, Zakee Jones, and Branden Hall __ This project is based on the orgins of music and our group chose funk because of its unique design in beats. Its different from other music which is why it has its own category. **History** Funk is a great genre of music that originated in the 60’s and carried throughout the 70’s created by African-Americans. Its tune is made up by the other genres Soul, R&B, Jazz and some Rock. This groovy music was something to keep your body moving on the dance floor. It also contains melody and harmony, with an electric bass being the main ingredient in making this type of music. In this music instruments like the electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, drums, and occasionally horns were used such as saxophones, trumpets, and trombone. Funk inspired other music like disco, go-go, funk rock, electro music, funk metal, g-funk, and funk jam which are sub-genres of funk. James Brown was known to be the father and creator of funk.

** Events ** Eric Loth: [|Angela Davis]

Ms.Davis is a communist professor at the University of California in the Santa Cruz campus. She is the recipient of the lain "peace Prize" from the police state of East Germany in 1979. Angela provided many weapons to black panthers who used them to kill a Marin country judge in a failed attempt to free Davis' imprisoned lover. The Black Panther murderer George Jackson.

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Victoria Odom: [|Black Panthers]

 One day in Oakland, California of 1966 a group called the  Black Panther Party was founded. It was formed to help protect black people from the brutality of police, and to help non-guilty blacks to be freed from jail. This "revolutionary party" led to shoot-outs between the people associated in the group and white police officers, causing an officer to get shot and murdered by one of the leaders of the black panther party.The actions and tension between the Black Panthers and police resolved in shot-outs in places like New York, C  hicago, and California during the 60’s and 70’s. From told to be violent and criminal acts, the Black Panther Party ended in the early 1980's.

Zakee Jones: Barbara Jordan Barbara Charline Jordan February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996)was an American politician who was both a product, and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African-American elected to the Texas Senate after reconstruction and the first Southern black woman everthe U.S. House of Representatives. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors.

In 1993, Jordan was honored with the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Jordan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. The many other honors given to her include her election into both the Texas and National Women's Halls of Fame; she was awarded the prestigious United States Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award, becoming only the second female awardee.Upon her death on January 17, 1996, Jordan lay in state at the LBJ Library on the campus ofthe university of texas at austin. She was buried in the in Austin, and was the first black woman interred there. Her papers are housed at the Barbara Jordan Archives at Texas Southern University.   Branden Hall: Shirley Chisolm Shirley Chislom was a very strong black woman who stood for education. She was a good Politian and a good woman. She fought for the little man and worked harder than any other Politian in her time being that she was a black woman. She had many obstacles in her career, but she still became successful. Education was her main p riority and thought that education was an important topic. She became the first major-party black candidate for president of the U.S of course she failed, but it still was a historic event. In short Shirley Chisholm would have been an excellent Politian in the present since she was a hard worker and focused on education, and the little man.

** 3 Awesome Funk Songs ** media type="file" key="James Brown Get Up l Feel Like Being a Sex Machine.mp3" width="240" height="20" Artist: James Brown Song Name: Get up (I feel like being) a Sex Machine Year: July 1970 Why? The reason why i picked this song is because, this was the top 1 song when it came out and if you ever see people listen to the classic funk you will here this. media type="file" key="Curtis Mayfield - Superfly.mp3" width="240" height="20" Artist: Curtis Mayfield Song Name: Superfly Year: July 1972 Why? media type="file" key="Rick James Superfreak.mp3" width="240" height="20" Artist: Rick James Song Name: Superfreak Year: November 5, 1981 Why?