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 ...

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

“Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival tends to get the same kind of treatment as Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.”. This 1968 jam is often used as an American, good ol’ boy anthem of sorts.

By 1968, public opinion was sharply divided over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ... Have students create an original protest poem or song that reflects the counterculture spirit of the 1960s.