Tag Archive for ‘Protest’
Music With a Message: A Brief History of Protest Music in North America
Share Scratch Magazine June, 2004 Music has long been used by the poor and oppressed to lift spirits and communicate messages of social change. From the African-American slaves of the deep south singing soulful, subtly rebellious, gospel hymns, to Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine belting out “We gotta take the power [...]

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