The Arts: Visual & Vocal Social Movement Rhetoric

Consider as you read these examples, what do they accomplish for the social movement ? (For instance, collective identity, persuasive messaging, something else?)

Music

Henwood, Bridgett, 2017. "The history of American protest music, from 'Yankee Doodle' to Kendrick Lamar: How protest music evolved from Civil War refrains to viral Trump videos." VOX, April 12, 2017. https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/14462948/protest-music-history-america-trump-beyonce-dylan-misty

Tate, Greg. 2015. "How #BlackLivesMatter Changed Hip-Hop and R&B in 2015: Kendrick Lamar and D’Angelo spoke to the struggle — but so Did Black Twitter, the Most Radical Hip-Hop Voice of All" Rolling Stone, June 2015. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-blacklivesmatter-changed-hip-hop-and-rb-in-2015-61161/

Ostrander, Madeline. 2013. "Dar Williams: Why the Music of Protest Is Still Worth Defending," YES! Magazine: Journalism for People Building a Better World, July 19, 2013. https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/love-and-the-apocalypse/defender-of-the-protest-song-why-we-need-the-independent-voices-that-define-political-music

Visual Arts

Dupere, Katie. 2016. "15 public art projects that boldly advocate for social justice" Mashable, September 24, 2016. https://mashable.com/2016/09/24/public-art-social-good/

MacFarlane, Rachel, 2017. "A Brief History of Protest Art" Format, August 3, 2017. https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/brief-history-protest-art

MacPhee, Josh. 2009. "Street Art and Social Movements" Street Art & Graffiti, February 17, 2009. https://justseeds.org/street-art-and-social-movements/