Janet Jackson Flyte Tyme production reel, 1993

Day 5: Music Education Access & Curriculum

YWCA Racial Justice Challenge

RAISING AWARENESS

Watch folk icon Buffy Saint-Marie discuss her approach to teaching through her art and the power music has to reach people.

Buffy Saint-Marie on Teaching through Music

Buffy Sainte-Marie promo photo. Gift of Larry Bruner. Buffy Sainte-Marie was the most widely heard Native American artist of the 1960s. Her songs – sometimes challenged – addressed themes of war, justice, and the Native American condition. In 1977, she appeared on Good Morning America to debate Rep. Jack Cunningham from Washington on his bill to abolish U.S. treaties with American Indian nations. She used the opportunity to educate the world about the realities of Native American sovereignty.
Buffy Sainte-Marie promo photo. Gift of Larry Bruner. Buffy Sainte-Marie was the most widely heard Native American artist of the 1960s. Her songs – sometimes challenged – addressed themes of war, justice, and the Native American condition. In 1977, she appeared on Good Morning America to debate Rep. Jack Cunningham from Washington on his bill to abolish U.S. treaties with American Indian nations. She used the opportunity to educate the world about the realities of Native American sovereignty.
Buffy Sainte-Marie Press Release, 1974. Gift of Rolling Stone LLC. According to Buffy Sainte-Marie's website, her current educational focus is on “developing another Nihewan Foundation initiative, the Creative Native Project. Creative Native is a mentoring program offering opportunities for Indigenous youth to learn how to develop their artistic passions and skills into a professional career.”
Buffy Sainte-Marie Press Release, 1974. Gift of Rolling Stone LLC. According to Buffy Sainte-Marie's website, her current educational focus is on “developing another Nihewan Foundation initiative, the Creative Native Project. Creative Native is a mentoring program offering opportunities for Indigenous youth to learn how to develop their artistic passions and skills into a professional career.”

TAKING CONTROL

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Induction Speech

Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam. Photograph by Eddie Wolf. Gift of Tom Clareson. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis met in high school in Minneapolis in 1973. Their creative partnership with Janet Jackson propelled all three to massively successful, award-winning careers, breaking ground for many Black artists of today.
Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam. Photograph by Eddie Wolf. Gift of Tom Clareson. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis met in high school in Minneapolis in 1973. Their creative partnership with Janet Jackson propelled all three to massively successful, award-winning careers, breaking ground for many Black artists of today.
Janet Jackson Open-Reel Tracking Sheet. Collection of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The arrival of her third studio album Control (1986) introduced a new Janet Jackson – free from the shadows of her family and seizing command of her own destiny. Themes of empowerment and self-confidence ("Nasty," "Control," "What Have You Done for Me Lately") have remained staples of Jackson's career.
Janet Jackson Open-Reel Tracking Sheet. Collection of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The arrival of her third studio album Control (1986) introduced a new Janet Jackson – free from the shadows of her family and seizing command of her own destiny. Themes of empowerment and self-confidence ("Nasty," "Control," "What Have You Done for Me Lately") have remained staples of Jackson's career.

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