LibGuides: Highlighting Diverse Collections Archive: Protest Music

Resources

Classic Protest Songs
A database of audio recordings from around the world.

The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music by Jonathan C. Friedman (Editor)
ISBN: 1136447296
Publication Date: 2013-07-04
The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition.
Music and Protest In 1968 by Beate Kutschke (Editor); Barley Norton (Editor)
ISBN: 1107007321
Publication Date: 2013-04-25
Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968. This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests against the ongoing Vietnam War, the May riots in France and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

United States of Africa: Beyond Hip Hop
African hip hop pioneer Didier Awadi is on a quest to craft an album that pays tribute to the great black revolutionary leaders and their struggle to realize a dream: a united, independent Africa. In this epic musical and political journey, Awadi visits some 40 countries to collaborate with hip hop activist artists.

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In a season of civic engagement, take the opportunity to explore protest music in the audio, film and book collections in the UT Libraries with these selected resources.

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