https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93 en-us 2023-05-31 19:03:55 UTC 2026-02-17 15:45:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/2063661808/bf04b3c49bc2d70af6c1d2f860d5adfd/Screenshot_2023_06_15_10_50_34_AM.png tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616205854 During the time of the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali refused to listen to the draft that summoned him to the battlefield. He said "No I will not go 10,000 miles to help kill innocent [brown] people". Looking at what kind of popularity he had in his hayday, his boxing career gave him a lot of influence within the community. When you include his deep affiliation with the Civil Rights Movement, and his amazing PR skills, it's no wonder why so many looked up to him. 
I believe that him not wanting to fight and actively rebuking the mere notion of bringing freedom to other peoples through monstrous murders swayed many to rethink their plans to follow the draft. Despite all the money he lost, boxing licenses revoked, being blacklisted in the boxing community, and serving time in prison, he kept going hard against the Vietnam War, refusing to budge in his beliefs. This was a great use of his freedom of speech, religion, and press.


https://www.pbs.org/video/muhammad-ali-refuses-vietnam-war-draft-gqtvtv/#:~:text=When%20Ali%20arrived%20to%20be,a%20five%2Dyear%20prison%20sentence. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2020/01/20/muhammad-aliworld-champion-in-self-marketing-and-pr/?sh=41a9f3223dda ]]> 2023-06-06 18:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616205854 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616207209 Sam Cooke wrote "A Change is Gonna Come" during the Civil Rights Movement after being thrown out of a white-only motel. Many of his lyrics encapsulated the painful neglect and mistreatment Blacks were facing in the 60s. The title itself hints at the wanting-ness of change felt by the black community. "I go downtown somebody keep tellin' me don't hang around" I think this line specifically shows the discrimination they felt. Back then racial tensions were high and staying in a populated area for too long practically invited racist people to pick on you. Simply standing at a bus stop could get rocks thrown at you.
I grew up to my father listening to this song and he loved it. Not just because of Sam Cooke's amazing voice as he sang "I was booooooorrrn by the river!" but because of the deep messaging behind it. It's about not giving up, to keep fighting even when you are "knocked back on [your] knees". Eventually a change is gonna come.
There's a reason why social movements to this day still use this song as a rallying cry for hope.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAGbRHxyHs

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unlikely-story-of-a-change-is-gonna-come ]]> 2023-06-06 18:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616207209 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616208249 "Look-a-here. Some people say we got a lottta malice, some say it's a lotta nerve. But I say we won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve. We've been buked and we've been scourned..."

This song dropped 4 months after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. With the Civil Rights Movement in full effect, it's support bulstered the fighting spirt of Black Americans. According to wbur.org, there was mass hysteria within the black community around whether or not they should accept their dark skin. People thought that their darker skin was simply making life harder for them, so they would "[put on makeup to lighten their skin]" in hopes that life would be easier in a white dominated society. 
In the Brown's chorus, it repeats "Say it loud- Im black and Im proud" which is a call to the crowd to accept their heritage and skin complexion. Not only is this an effective use of free speech, but its also of the press and expression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hj1iWqoYEc

https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/07/24/james-brown-black-pride

]]> 2023-06-06 18:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616208249 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616208836 The Declaration of Independence was influential to the American Revolution. It was meant to showcase to the world (through the power of the press) that America was breaking away from British rule to govern itself. For many in the time period of 1770, they were tired of the taxes they had to pay to the king along with being occupied. They could barely earn a proper living, nor did they get representation in Parliament. This is very important as it is the cornerstone (along with the Constituiton) of our American Society.


https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-declaration-of-independence-1776#:~:text=On%20July%202%2C%201776%2C%20the,American%20colonies%20from%20Great%20Britain.]]> 2023-06-06 18:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616208836 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616209310
Nobody knows the true origins of the Blues but William Christopher Handy is titled "The Father of the Blues" because he popularized it. He heard a man playing a guitar with a knife and singing what would soon to be known as the Blues. William took this inspiration and ran with it. It spread from Mississippi to other parts of the US due to travelling singers and eventually became ingrained within many aspects of music. The Blues are often somber and harmonic, containing the deep feelings of those who sing it. This is important because it influenced all forms of HipHop that we see today along with Gospel and more! Music is just another avenue to express the love or disdain for this world or governmental structures that many use it for.








https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/the-origins-of-blues-music/ 

https://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/essaysblues.html 


]]> 2023-06-06 18:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616209310 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616209620 Gospel music was predominently sung by enslaved peoples in the 1600s. It was a way for them to process and exemplify their feelings about their lives. At first it was labeled "African American Spiritual" but later became known as gospel due to its heavy religious affiliations with Christain churches. It rose to prominence in the 1930's. Some churches weren't to fond of the new taste in music since it dabbled heavily into "secular music" such as jazz, blues, and ragtime. I think that gospel is important becuase it shows the maleability of music, not can it only be jazz, rock, or rap, it can also be something used for cultural traditions. 

https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/ritual-and-worship/african-american-gospel]]> 2023-06-06 18:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616209620 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616210050 On the August 24, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech about his wishes regarding the Civil Rights Movement. In his speech he talked heavily about wanting to create a better society that people of all races and skin complexions can sit at the same table. Meaning that 1 race wasn't better than the other. This was him excersising his freedom of the press at the Lincoln Memorial at Washington D.C. This is very important because it led to a huge shift in the way our country runs and lessened many racial discriminations.


https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s 





]]> 2023-06-06 18:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616210050 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616214439
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was an expose on the meat-packing industry. In his book he discussed the horrors of the meat packing process which led to rats, spit and much more being mixed in with your meat. This book caught the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt who was appalled by the practices of these meat companies. Soon, laws and regulations were passed to make sure food was properly processed. Which led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).




https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-24-1-b-upton-sinclairs-the-jungle-muckraking-the-meat-packing-industry.html#:~:text=Sinclair's%20The%20Jungle%3A-,Muckraking%20the%20Meat%2DPacking%20Industry,new%20federal%20food%20safety%20laws.]]> 2023-06-06 19:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616214439 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616217085 How The Other Half Lives is a book written by Jacob Riis, who used his power of free speech to attack the housing inequalities within the densely populated New York of 1890. Based on statistics and other info he gathered, he saw that the poorer citizens lived in dilapidated and unsanitary tenements. He pushed to have them rebuilt and updated to include better access to light, air, sanitation, fire safety and more. This is very important because it set a new health standard for these tenements and really reformed the regulations set around houses. 

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jacob-riis/riis-and-reform.html
https://nyujournalismprojects.org/portfolio/books/book287.html]]> 2023-06-06 19:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616217085 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616219375 The newest fear of Mankind? AI! It is here to steal your jobs, your life and even your WIFE! Have you truly thought about what would happen if you were suddenly replaced by capable computers devoid of emotion, exhaustion, and were fine with being slaves to the modernday work industry? Well I can tell you that that future looks pretty grim. 
Lately AI has been on the rise and it's only improving. People are reporting that they "fear" AI eventually meeting and exceeding the quality of human produced works and replacing them. BBC.com and employers believe that we "[shouldn't worry about AI taking our jobs]" instead we should gain the skills to use it to our advantage. Creating a more symbiotic workflow using AI as a tool.
This is a very important topic to discuss because AI like ChatGPT is starting to become prominent in the world and its power almost seems limitless the more it gets updates. Eventually everyone will have to come to grips that AI is here to stay from now and forever...At least until we have a major power crises and the powergrid shuts down.


https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230418-ai-anxiety-artificial-intelligence-replace-jobs]]> 2023-06-06 19:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2616219375 tyler_doby1 https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2624760565 2023-06-15 17:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_doby1/z6wzv3wxvg3usr93/wish/2624760565