| Originating in and characteristics of a particular region or country |
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| A West African traveling minstral that passes news and music between villages through song |
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| Melancholic music of black american folk origin, originating in the South |
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| slapping the hands legs, and body to produce complex, rapid rhytms that originate back to the slave days |
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| spiritual, rhythmic music in teh Black, southern church |
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| train that went through New orleans, Louisiana, and ended in Chicago used in the Great Migration |
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| Illinois Central Railraod |
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| relocation of more than 6 million Blacks from rural South to cities in the North such as New York and Chicago |
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| Extremely rich and fertile piece of land in Mississippi between the Mississippi and Yazoo river; considered “the most southern region in the world” (in culture sense) |
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| bar in rural south for music, alcohol, and gambling with a focus on dancing and socializing |
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| the white equivelant to a juke joint, but with an empasis on drinking and dancing |
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| a term used to differenciate between white and black music (this term is a reference used to descripe black music) |
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| had a monopoly on Blues Music in Chicago |
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| invented the first solid body electric guitar |
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| first disc jockey and concert producer of rock and roll; coined the term “rock-and-roll” |
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| An announcer of a radio show of popular recorded music on disks |
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| what Chuck Berry called his audience |
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| Law case that said that segregation is legal as long as they’re equal |
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| Law case that overturned Plessy v Ferguson in 1954 |
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| Brown v The Board of Education |
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| mainstream white artists who did covers of Black songs |
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| considered the capital of Black America and Blues; in Memphis, Tennessee |
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| orginization founded in 1909, oldest and largest known civil rights movement |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
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| special tickets for white spectators to buy to Black music concerts |
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