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Aretha Franklin

7.Why does she represent the african-american culture ?

8.Why must she be in the National Museum of African- American Music ?

6. Her success

5. Her militants musics

4. What kind of woman was she ? How did she militate ?

3.Her musical journey

2. Presentation

1.Why this choice ?

Summary

1.Why this choice ?

Presentation

• 25th march 1942-16th agust 2018
• Singer, pianist, songwritter
• Activist
• Jazz, blues, gospel, soul
• The Queen Of the Soul

Her musical journey

• Soloist in a choral at 11
• J.V.B records at 14
• First album : Songs of Faith in 1956
• 33 albums
• 75 million copies
• Respect, A natural woman, Think

WHAT KIND OF WOMAN WAS SHE ? HOW DID SHE MILITATE ?

• Black rights's activist next to Martin Luther King
• Feminist
• Woman fighter
• Spokesperson
• Musics
• Appeared on stage with Martin Luther King and Barack Obama
• Present at gatherings for civil rights
• Sang at Martin Luther king's funerals in 1968

Her militants musics

• Respect (1967) : became a feminist anthem, fight symbol for the african-american community
• Chain of Fools : protest music agaisnt the Viêt Nam's war
• Sisters Are Doin' it For Themselves :feminist. Imagined a world where the womans could break free of sexist life around them.

Her success

• 18 Grammy Award
• First woman to integrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• National medal of arts under the presence of Bill Clinton
• Presidential medal of the liberty
• Ranked first in the ranking of the best singers of all the time by the Rolling Stone's magazin in 2010 and 2023

Why does she represent the african- american culture ?

• Activist woman for black rights
• Musics
• She inspired a lot of african-american singers

Why must she be in the National Museum of African-American music ?

• Activist
• Became aware of the world around her and acted for help Black people to gain equality in America

• Musics
• Being present in the gatherings
• She inspired a lot of african-american singers : Beyoncé, Whitney Houston...

• Wikipedia
• Google image

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