An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s ...

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 ...

Her songs would become their ... She told Elle her contract in the 1960s included the clause that she would never perform for a segregated audience. Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson ...