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We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
12017-12-12T07:06:28-08:00Sam Schaefer394cfd47fa9812b1affb27b8128defe57fcac106275401Even smaller record labels got in on the commercial and artistic potential of the 12-inch LPs. Jazz drummer Max Roach, inspired by the unrest and possibilities of the Civil Rights Movement, recorded a suite of songs demanding freedom for black people in America.plain2017-12-12T07:06:28-08:00Sam Schaefer394cfd47fa9812b1affb27b8128defe57fcac106
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12017-12-12T13:57:05-08:00Mass Media in Mid-Twentieth Century America10structured_gallery2017-12-13T17:19:31-08:00The jumpstart to the American economy generated by the World War II years, and which continued well into the post-war years, had a tremendous effect on the mass entertainment industry.
The consumer economy flourished, and Americans looked for increasingly diverse and sophisticated ways to be entertained in their homes, which were often suburban and away from urban entertainment centers. The mass entertainment industry responded with gusto, producing new technologies, like the longplaying 12-inch record, that enabled entertainers and artists to produce ever-more extended and inventive works to satisfy the desires of the American consumer.
In this atmosphere, the long Civil Rights Movement that had gained in intensity and militancy during the war years also took advantage of the new media environment, skillfully producing images and works that would have a galvanizing effect on politics and people's negotiations of their individual identities.
