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Abraham, Martin, John

Abraham, Martin, John. By: Dick Holler. Dick Holler - Biography.

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Abraham, Martin, John

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  1. Abraham, Martin, John By: Dick Holler

  2. Dick Holler - Biography Dick Holler is an American singer/songwriter born on October 16th, 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1951; and it was there that he began his music career. He learned how to play the piano in college, at LSU, and started organizing bands with his friends. After being a part of a few bands, but still writing songs, he wrote the famous song, Snoopy vs. the Red Baron with his former producer Phil Gerhard. This hit number two on the top charts while being performed by other various bands in 1967. Then, Holler’s Abraham, Martin, and John, performed by Dion Dimucci, made the top five on the song charts. The song became so popular that it was covered by about 20 artists, including Bob Dylan, Garth Brooks, and Ray Charles. Ace Collins, the author of Songs Sung in Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America’s Best-Loved Patriotic Songs, once said that, “In just four versus and a chorus, it became much more than just another folk-pop standard.” He went on to say that, “The song did not give answers, but rather pointed out that the ones that might have had those answers had been needlessly killed.” This song was what gave Dick Holler most of his fame. As a result of his successful career, he was later inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (Aswell). • Useful links: • www.dickholler.com • http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/content/view/45/81/

  3. Lyrics Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend John?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?Can you tell me where he's gone?I thought I saw him walkin'Up over the hill,With Abraham, Martin and John. Back

  4. Abraham • Is referring to Abraham Lincoln, the 18th president of the United States • Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky, even though he grew up in Illinois. He was a captain in the army in the Black Hawk War of 1832, and then got into Illinois politics after the war. He eventually became president in 1860. The Civil War started in 1861, and Lincoln later issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. He was then re-elected in 1864, a year before the end of the Civil War. Unfortunately, he was then assassinated on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth. • Useful links: • http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/ • http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/abio.html Back to lyrics

  5. Emancipation Proclamation • Was the most important advancement that Lincoln did for the country during his presidency. • The Emancipation Proclamation, written on January 1, 1863, boldly stated "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free." Although it only applied to the states that seceded from the Union, this inspired many people, and led to the freeing of the slaves with each advance of the Union’s army during the war. The Proclamation also allowed African Americans to be a part of the Union’s army, so that they could fight against the South, and liberate more slaves. • Useful links: • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/ • http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/ Back to Abraham

  6. Martin • Is referring to Martin Luther King Jr. • Martin Luther King Jr. was perhaps the most important civil rights activist in US history. He was born on January 15, 1929, and died on April 4, 1968. He was a very successful student, graduating his segregated highschool at the age of 15, and continuing on his education through college and graduate school at Boston University. He studied theology and became a preacher and a renowned civil rights activist. He also became a member of the executive committee of the NAACP. He was then the leader of the first big nonviolent segregation protest in US history, with the Montgomery bus boycott. He persisted, regardless of his home being bombed, and his arrest. He led many other peaceful protests, and encouraged peaceful ways through his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Eventually won the nobel peace prize in 1964. Unfortunately, he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. • Useful links: • http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html • http://www.thekingcenter.org/Default.aspx Back to lyrics

  7. Civil Rights • The Civil Rights movement took place during the first half century of the 1900’s, and continued on through, peaking from about 1955 to 1964. Sit ins, peaceful marches, and other various protests were used to gain equal rights for all races. Martin Luther King Jr. was perhaps the most important leader of this movement, organizing many sit ins, and marches. The Civil Rights act of 1964 officially ended segregation by desegregating schools, the work place, and voting. • Useful links: • http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=97 • http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ Back to Martin

  8. John • Is referring to John F. Kennedy • Kennedy (JFK) was extremely ambitious and successful, as he graduated from Harvard University in 1940. He joined the military in 1941, and was stationed in the Pacific during WWII, he was injured in battle, and was allowed to come home. He eventually worked his way into the House of Representatives, and later became president in 1961. He also unsuccessfully worked to convince congress to pass laws against segregation. He also led the country through the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the closest the world has come to nuclear war. • Useful links: • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkennedyJ.htm • http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jfk.htm Back to lyrics

  9. Bobby • Is referring to Robert F. Kennedy, JFK’s brother. • Was born in 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts • He also enrolled in Harvard University, but then joined the Navy for WWII. After, he finished his degree at the University of Virginia. • He served as Attorney General in his brother’s cabinet. • In 1964, he ran for the senate of New York, and won. • He spoke out against injustice and prejudice, and was a strong advocate of Civil Rights for African Americans and Native Americans. • He ran for president in 1968, but was assassinated before he could, on June 6th, 1968, just as he won the California democratic primary. • "I do not run for the Presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I'm obliged to do all I can." • Useful links: • http://bobby-kennedy.com/rfkbiography.htm • http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rfk.htm Back to lyrics

  10. Literary Critiques • Holler used an Anaphora, or the repetition of words or phrases, throughout the lyrics. -Ex. Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin?Can you tell me where he's gone?He freed a lot of people,But it seems the good die young,But I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? • Although the lyrics didn’t rhyme very much, John, and gone are one of the few rhymes Holler did use Back to lyrics

  11. Literary Critiques • Robert “Bobby” F. Kennedy, for some reason, isn’t mentioned in the title with Abraham, Martin, and John. • Martin, John, and Bobby all died in the same decade, but Abraham died in 1865. This is very unusual, because the song was written exclusively because of the then recent assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert “Bobby” F. Kennedy. Back to lyrics

  12. Literary Critiques Continued… • Holler used dialect at the end of the song, with “walkin’.” This was either because he thought it flowed better in the song, or because he was from Louisiana, and he actually had an accent. • The “hill” represents the “gates” of heaven. • Bobby Kennedy is listed last because he was the last one to die • All of the men were listed in the chronological order of their assassinations. Works Cited Page 1 Works Cited Page 2 Back to lyrics

  13. Bibliography • "Abraham Lincoln." www.WhiteHouse.gov. WhiteHouse.gov, n.d. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/>. • Aswell, Tom. Dick Holler. Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Ed. Tom Aswell. State of      Louisiana, n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/      content/view/45/81/>. • "Civil Rights Act (1964)." www.ourdocuments.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2010.      <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=97>. • "Martin Luther King - Biography". Nobelprize.org. 1 Jun 2010 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html • "The Emancipation Proclamation." www.archives.gov. National Archives, n.d. Web.      1 June 2010. <http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/ emancipation_proclamation/>. • R.F.K. Biography. www.bobby-kennedy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2010.      <http://bobby-kennedy.com/rfkbiography.htm>. • Simkin, John. John F. Kennedy: Biography. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Ed.      John Simkin. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2010.      <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkennedyJ.htm>.

  14. Bibliography of Images • Abraham Lincoln Portrait. 19th century. "Abraham Lincoln Biography." Magazine USA: n. pag. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://www.magazineusa.com/us/info/ show.aspx?unit=history&doc=216&dsc=Abraham-Lincoln-Biography>. • Billboard Award. December 14, 1968. www.dickholler.com. Web. 1 June 2010.      <http://www.dickholler.com/photos.html>. • Bobby Kennedy Campaign Pin. 1968. bobby-kennedy.com. Web. 1 June 2010.      <http://bobby-kennedy.com/rfkbiography.htm>. • Dick Holler The Piano Man. N.d. www.dickholler.com. SmartRange Ltd., 2007. Web.      1 June 2010. <http://www.dickholler.com/photos.html>. • Dick Holler with his Piano. N.d. www.dickholler.com. SmartRange Ltd., n.d. Web.      1 June 2010. <http://www.dickholler.com>. • Emancipation Proclamation. N.d. The National Archives, Washington D.C. www.archives.gov. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://www.archives.gov/      exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/images/      emancipation_01.jpg>. • John F. Kennedy Speech. N.d. top-10-list.org. Top 10 List, n.d. Web. 1 June      2010. <http://top-10-list.org/2009/08/24/      assassinations-that-shook-the-world/>. • Martin Luther King Jr. Speech. N.d. www.d.umn.edu. University of Minnesota Diluth, n.d. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://www.d.umn.edu/~mull0323/      CivilRightsWebquest.htm>. • Martin Luther King Portrait. N.d. nobelprize.org. The Nobel Foundation, 1964.   1 June 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/      1964/king-bio.html>.    Web.

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