Protest song facts for kids
A protest song is a song that is part of a movement to change society. Many protest songs have lyrics that directly call for change, while others use humor, irony, or storytelling to make their point. Protest songs can come from just about any type of music. In the 1960s in the United States, many folk musicians like Phil Ochs, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan made protest songs. Some of these songs were against the United States fighting in the Vietnam War.
Images for kids
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The Clash, one of the pioneers of the punk movement, who protested class economics, race issues, and authoritarianism
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Jews singing Hebrew protest songs when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University in 2007
See also
In Spanish: Canción de protesta para niños
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