These songs and chants of freedom, sung by protestors, activists, and civil rights leaders during the 1950s and 1960s, have now been taken up anew in "Soundtrack" by such contemporary performers ...

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 ...

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace Songs of the 1960s, reveal the vibrancy of the genre.

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 ...

In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series ...

Finally, wrapping up our round-up of 1960s and 70s songs about the music industry is The Byrds, a highly influential rock band in the 1960s, featuring iconic musicians like David Crosby ...

Here’s a look at why they wrote an homage to some 1960s hits ... The main difference is that “96 Tears” is a serious song about heartbreak. Meanwhile, “The Greeks Don’t Want ...

After speaking with his mom, Breland, who grew up in New Jersey, decided to visit Selma, Alabama, where many of his older ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT COUNTRY SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES ... Weeks at no. 1 Weeks on chart Dash Week of September 26, 1960 click to see more Dash D.Robertson, H.Blair ...

(KTAL/KMSS) – In the late 1950s and early 1960s the NAACP faced the “Red Scare” when ... he made his brother Robert the Attorney General of the United States. Many Civil Rights Movement leaders were ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT COUNTRY SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES ... Weeks at no. 1 Weeks on chart Dash Week of September 5, 1960 click to see more Dash D.Robertson, H.Blair ...