at allremember what the doorknob said, feed your head. The Beatles wrote the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as a tribute to psychedelic effects of LSD (Hertsgard 1995). The Civil Rights movement may have been the most emotionally charged movement of the Sixties (Anderson1969). The music reflected this feeling. Soul music and Motown became the driving music by the black artist who fought for equality. Songs by Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown expressed the sentiments of the times (Szatmary 1996). When morale was down songs like Curtis Mayfields We are winners and James Browns Say it loud, Im black and Im proud provided support to the downtrodden black youth. Aretha Franklins song Freedom was written after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It inspired the world to think about what you are trying to do to me, think, let your mind go and let yourself be free, ooh freedom, freedom, I said freedom (Szatmary 1996). Within forty-eight hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. one hundred and thirty cities were scared by arson (Schlesinger 1968). However in Boston James Brown in a televised concert pleaded for a stop to the violence. He said we are black, now are we together or are we aint, no rioting took place in Boston that night (VH1 200). Motown music was a great supporter for the Civil Rights Movement. Motown was the first African-American owned label. They supported peaceful integration, and recorded speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. (Szatmary 1996). Folk music had its share of freedom songs, Dylans Blowin in the wind asks; How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a manhow many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesnt seethe answer my friend is blowin in the wind, the answer is blowin in the wind(Day 1988). Rock music was building a bridge across the racial divide; black guitarist Jimi Hendrix was a star of the times and the main attraction ...
