1. African American History PowerPoint Guidelines
Project Due Date
Friday
March 27, 2009

2. Project Requirements Minimum 10 slides Maximum 15 slides
Must include visuals one on every slide (pictures or clip art)
Can include sound or video clips. 1 minute maximum
1st slide – Title
2nd slide – Introductory statement, person’s date and place of birth
3 bulleted statements per slide. No less than 3, no more than 3!!!! RULE: 1 sentence per bullet
Project Due Date - Friday, March 27, 2009

3. Grading Rubric Title Page 5 Introductory Statement/ Introductory slide10
10 – 15 slide s 20
3 bullets per slide (from slide #3 -10)
Visuals – minimum 1 per slide
Pertinent/important Information
Overall Creativity
Presentation
Professional Dress or Costumes
TOTAL
100

4. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

5. Regarded as one of the founding groups – along with Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc – of “old school” rap.
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five was formed in 1977.
Flash, born Joseph Saddler in Barbados, began acting as a disc jockey (DJ) at local parties in the 1970s.

6. Introducing The Furious Five
Flash began making a musical collage by playing two or more records at one time and experimenting with “scratching”.
Introducing The Furious Five
Flash teamed up with fellow DJ’s
Cowboy (Keith Wiggins)
Melle Mel (Melvin Glover)
Kid Creole (Nathaniel Glover) Melle Mel’s brother
Mr. Ness (Eddie Morris)
Raheim (Guy Williams)

7. The group became the most popular rap act in New York City
They played at many events like; parties, balls, and nightclubs.
Soon after the Sugarhill Gang released the first rap hit single “Rappers Delight”, in 1979, Flash and his group signed with Sugarhill Records.

8. Don't Push me 'cause I'm close to the edge.........
The Message
The group’s 1982 hit single “The Message”, was released.
Don't Push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin not to lose my head!!!
huh huh huh huh!!!!

9. “The Message” was a starkly poetic look at the nightmares of urban poverty.
The song is credited by critics with changing rap’s focus from party music to a forum for social commentary.
Today known as, “Conscious Rap”

10. 1984 By 1984 the original group had split up.
The group reformed into two separate groups – one by Flash & one by Melle Mel.
In 1987 they reunited, and have since toured along with other old school rap artist.