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1. www.americamagazine.org › arts-culture › 2020/01/25We’re in the New Age of Protest Music | America Magazine

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   Jan 25, 2020 · Hip-hop might lead the fight. In “Alright,” Kendrick Lamar raps faithful resilience: “But if God got us then we gon’ be alright.” Childish Gambino’s “This is America” captured the pain of racial...

2. east.iu.edu › blogs › libraryAmerican protest music: a brief history | Library Blog ...

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   Jan 11, 2021 · American protest music, now over 100 years old, remains among the most vital, proactive and participatory forms of music produced, spurring to action people from all positions in life to improve their world and the lives of others.

3. www.npr.org › 898709145Protest Music In 2020: A Timeline : NPR

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   Within days of Floyd's death, prominent Black musicians across a variety of genres began to write and release songs that expressed grief, rage, exhaustion and resolution in the face of America's...

4. www.vox.com › culture › 2017/4/12The history of American protest music, from “Yankee Doodle ...

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   Apr 12, 2017 · The history of American protest music, from “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar. How protest music evolved from Civil War refrains to viral Trump videos. (Left to right) Billie Holiday, Woody ...

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5. www.historyskills.com › protest-music-readingHow protest music became a powerful historical force for change

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   The origin of protest music in America is frequently found in the songs of enslaved African Americans, who used spiritual songs as a form of covert resistance and communication. Then, by the early 20th century, folk and blues genres began to lay the foundation for protest music.

6. harvardpolitics.com › pitches-of-protestThe Pitches of Protests: How Music Makes Movements

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   Sep 10, 2023 · Music lies just below the surface of American history, subtly acting as a catalyst for change and a chronicle of the effects. One of the first instances of American protest music predates America itself, originating in the 13 Colonies: “Yankee Doodle.”

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   Where did protest music come from?

   • The origin of protest music in America is frequently found in the songs of enslaved African Americans, who used spiritual songs as a form of covert resistance and communication. Then, by the early 20th century, folk and blues genres began to lay the foundation for protest music.

   How protest music became a powerful historical force for change

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   Why did Americans use music in the 1960s?

   • Fighting for Civil Rights: The 1960s 220 years after the Revolution, Americans still used music to protest the powers that be. This time, however, they were protesting the American government itself. The 1960s were full of turmoil and victory. The highs and lows were captured through various forms of nonviolent protest, one of which was music.

   The Pitches of Protests: How Music Makes Movements

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   When did protest music become popular?

   • Popular protest music ballooned further into the mainstream when contemporary folk began to hit radios in the post–World War II 1940s, and continued to dominate the protest music scene in the lead-up to the turbulent late 1960s and early ’70s.

   The history of American protest music, from “Yankee Doodle ... - Vox

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   Can protest music shape history?

   • Music has always been a powerful tool for expression, but when it comes to protest music, it becomes a force that can shape history. From the stirring folk songs of the civil rights movement to the rebellious punk anthems of the 1970s, protest music has given a voice to the voiceless and fueled social change.

   How protest music became a powerful historical force for change

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   Why is rap so popular in America?

   • Thanks to artists like DJ Kool Herc and Sugarhill Gang, rap became an American staple. Though rap added a new flare to music with its steady bass and talking-like flow, it still drew heavily from Black protest music of earlier decades.

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   When did political music become popular?

   • Political music peaked in the United States in the 1960s. It never went away. As pop music diversified, “within each of the styles grew a desire to sing about and to listen to music of social change, whether that was hip-hop, rap, reggae, country or rock,” Noel Paul Stookey—of the 1960s protest music icons Peter, Paul and Mary—told me.

   We’re in the New Age of Protest Music | America Magazine

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8. firstamendmentmuseum.org › protest-music-1972-2019Protest music: 1972 – 2019 - First Amendment Museum

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   The United States, strained by social unrest, disheartened by its foreign policy blunders, and facing seemingly endless existential crises, began to turn away from protest music to safer genres or songs that covered apolitical topics.