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Protest songs speak out against problems in society. We can hear protest songs at pivotal moments of activism in western history, during the civil rights, anti-war, feminist, labor, and environmental movements. Protest singers have also sung about slave emancipation and women's suffrage.
Of the many protest singers, Bob Dylan stands out as a key figure. In the 1960's, he wrote many landmark protest songs, such as Blowin' in the Wind (1962), Masters of War (1963), and The Times T...