https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie Harlem Renaissance Connections en-us 2018-02-28 17:56:25 UTC 2018-03-02 16:14:06 UTC hello@padlet.com kgabbert1 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236560801 Write a brief description of what the song is commenting on, and why you think it's effective.
--Please be sure to put your name and your partners' names on your post. ]]> 2018-02-28 17:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236560801 kgabbert1 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236561850 This song uses a poem inspired by lynchings in America and uses strong visual imagery to highlight the horrors of lynching. 
--Ms. Gabbert]]> 2018-02-28 18:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236561850 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236607750 This song focuses heavily on the conflicts between the police and African Americans.
Felix Paulino, James Reynolds, Hudson Carter]]> 2018-02-28 19:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236607750 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236611443
This song uses the poem in its lyrics to make a statement about slavery in the past and about the lynchings that happened.
-Michael Todd

]]> 2018-02-28 19:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236611443 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612502 by charlotte samuels
This songs main message is about African Americans taking back their hair, in their culture hair has been touched and commented on by he outside world without permission and viewed as something that is not theirs, the song also has lyrics that represent the struggles and oppression that they have over come and how it will not be taken away from them. ]]> 2018-02-28 19:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612502 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612776 This song comments on war and conflict between people on nations. Trying to bring us together through messages of unity, calling for a "brotherhood of man".
-Kayla Keyzer, Henry Humbarger, Jacob Hidalgo]]> 2018-02-28 19:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612776 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612809 Speaking on racial predujice and respect for fellow human.
Important because many still view this as an issue in today’s society.
--Jake S. ]]> 2018-02-28 19:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236612809 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236613481 Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" was written in response to the struggle of Americans trying to reintegrate back into society after the Vietnam War. It talks about how after many people sacrificed their time for the country they faced hardships back in the US after their service. - Kyra and Ali]]> 2018-02-28 19:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236613481 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236614376 Details black injustice and inequality. Kendrick attempts to keep african americans at peace and wants them to premote love. By saying “Alright” he wants everyone to feel ok and not be scared.]]> 2018-02-28 19:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236614376 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236614743 This song comments on the obvious tension between boys and girls circa 2008. The dynamic back then was vastly different between the male and female gender, and this song exemplifies how social status and peer pressure can keep lovers apart.]]> 2018-02-28 19:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236614743 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236615100 Cole 
Matt 
Kai

This song is about the stereotypes of african american men who have money and how white people percieve them. This is from the perspective of J. Cole and how he built his own life and is getting persecuted just because he is black]]> 2018-02-28 19:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/236615100 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/237095830 This song is a commentary on how people who are not born ]]> 2018-03-01 18:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/237095830 https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/237470106 This song comments on the oppression of black people in today's society, especially police brutality, while celebrating black history  and the shared culture of African Americans. It creates a message of strength for those oppressed in all generations.
-Emma Krikorian, Tara Shah]]> 2018-03-02 16:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kgabbert1/zzkfgx8noeie/wish/237470106