Became a place for political rallies, civil rights events, and home to Country Musics grand ole opry. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the that is the church part of the history. The Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which can be renting 43 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of the 1940s, 19 50s, 1960s and 1970s, so
Ignore. Often with the faces of victims of racial injustice. How artists are using art as activism. We turn to Police Encounters that have turned deadly. The colorado governor has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the death of 23yearold elijah mcclain, and like others said those chilling words i cant breathe. Please the part that ravaged me the most, what he said, were kind words. He was kind to the people that were killing him. A portrait of 23yearold elijah mcclain, playing his v a violin. I have been constantly going, which is still nerve wracking, im not a doomsdayer. But im cautious. But then the protests start. Black lives matter. You just blame protesters. Hand up, dont shoot. Everything in me was i dont want to get sick, but i need to be out there. I need to be in this, this is about me right now. George floyd you have heard their names. Say her name. Breonna taylor. Ice ce, now memorialized ifull colo. In the midst of a global pandemic, clashing with the modern day
Ill even omit my customary lame professor humor about the ncaa tournament, for example, thats how serious this is. Lets think for a minute though about where were situated, what were working on here. In this last third of the course that we started last week, were dealing with the post revolutionary era. Weve built this idea that something radical and transformative happens to music nick the 1960s. You worked hard over the course of several weeks to establish those ideas. And we cant leave without justice a kind of baby boomer nostalgia for the days that were. What weve been trying to deal with is the sense of disappointment that the revolution somehow end nd the early 1970s, that popular music became a disappointment as thetically, politically. Thats the cliche. We saw plenty of evidence for it. What weve tried to do is say o kay, maybe if we shift perspective, if we dont simply buy the asumgtss thpgss that we the age of countercultural music i we do that, we may see music engaged in
Or impacts different points in our countrys history. Over the next 90 minutes, we take you across the United States and through time as we explore the music of a nation. We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as itauthor talks about how andme a home to events grand ole opry. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music, which tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of traveling ministers who came to town. Rymann ryman built the auditorium, it opened first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came her
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