Nina Simone thought John Lennon's politics was weak. So when The Beatles released their cry for political and social change, ...

Everyone by now knows the boomer litany, predominantly associated with the 1960s, and one can ... Jimmy Cliff’s “Vietnam” to be the greatest protest song ever written, and here one must ...

Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' engagement in Vietnam. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds ...

By 1968, public opinion was sharply divided over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The assassinations in 1968 of Martin ... Have students create an original protest poem or song that reflects the ...