Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create, and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and ... but didn't receive when the Civil War ended. And he touches on the ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

If you served in the U.S. military during the Global War on Terrorism ... generation of American service members, and they are legendary in their own right. So what battle songs in particular ...

Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' engagement in Vietnam. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds ...