Black Youth and Black American Pop culture of the 1950s

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

been looking for this thread, thought I'd find it in the Booth but still - good to find it




Roy Hamilton

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Man it look like somebody just took some pics from this year and threw some instagram filters on them lol. We been fresh!

 

[Bootzilla]

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[Bootzilla]

 

[jackson35]

ihave this book it is amazing

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“The Chitlin’ Circuit,” by Preston Lauterbach, about pre-rock black music.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[IllmaticDelta]

 

[im_sleep]

This generation taught me everything I know

I think this particular generation is the most interesting because they represented a crossroads in African American culture. The shift from a rural southern identity to a sort of post-southern urban identity that coincided with the great migration.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

This generation taught me everything I know

I think this particular generation is the most interesting because they represented a crossroads in African American culture. The shift from a rural southern identity to a sort of post-southern urban identity that coincided with the great migration.

you had that going back to the 1920s with Jazz

 

[Kasgoinjail]

@ is there hope for homosexuals

Loooool over 60 years later we still want to know!
an otherwise very intriguing post tho.

 

[im_sleep]

you had that going back to the 1920s with Jazz

Oh no doubt. Maybe I should of clarified or stated it different but basically I feel like the 1950's generation was the last one that were really "country"(collectively), despite many already living in the north or the west. By the mid-1960's I feel like that shift was complete.

I agree it started in the 10's-20's, but I dont think it was really solid till basically the end of the great migration in the late 60's. Like communities in the north had folks who were already a couple generations deep yet still deeply rooted in southern ways.

For whats its worth my view might be a little different cuz Im from Cali, since we were the babies of the great migration and most of us didnt get here till the 40's, 50's, & 60's, my scope leans a little more towards the second half of the great migration.