Thesis Proposal
To what extent was the Blues genre helpful among the African Americans in fighting for liberation and equality?
This research will be an examination of the contribution of the Blues music genre to the liberation of the African-Americans. Some scholars have sighted music as one of the key tools that African-Americans utilized in the fight against slavery and oppression. Miller (2010) concluded that Art music was crucial in helping African Americans to fight inequalities existing in the society in the mid-20th century. It will be critical to examine how groups of people can apply music to influence the social order in the community. The researcher will utilize a historical method to gather data concerning African-Americans’ Blues music genre that shaped the music industry from the mid-20th century.
The historical method involves the use of primary sources, archeology, and other sources of evidence to gather data about a particular phenomenon. Some of the primary sources that will be utilized in this research are historical manuscripts, diaries, newspapers, documents, artifacts, autobiographies, and among others. The researcher will also rely on secondary sources of information. The researcher will scrutinize the reliability of secondary sources with regard to accuracy and validity of information. The goal will be to establish how African Americans applied the Blues music genre to fight for their emancipation. This will answer the question on whether music can be used as a key tool for social transformation.
Reference
Miller, R. J. (2010). Music of the African Diaspora: the historical reception of African American concert music. Retrieved from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c740/6dffae77fb82647940709c2c6ebf5234e25a.pdf
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