protest songs

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protest songs

Story behind the protest song

a reference guide to the 50 songs that changed the 20th century
  • Phull, Hardeep
2008

We shall overcome

a song that changed the world
  • Stotts, Stuart
2010
Examine the origins of the popular protest song, and describes the role the song played in civil rights, labor, and anti-war movements in America. Includes an audio CD with a performance by Pete Seeger.

Minstrels of the dawn

the folk-protest singer as a cultural hero
  • Rodnitzky, Jerome L.
1976

The battle hymn of the republic

a biography of the song that marches on
  • Stauffer, John
2013
Provides an in depth history of the origins and continued use of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic.".

33 revolutions per minute

a history of protest songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day
  • Lynskey, Dorian
2011
Profiles thirty-three protest songs that have had a significant impact on world culture from the 1930s through the early twenty-first century.

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