This episode of The American Tapestry Project continues our exploration of Protest Songs – that music of the excluded demonstrating the truth of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s exhortation that “the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights”. We’ll explore the music of the women’s movement then pivot to the Civil Rights Movement’s antecedents in gospel music and anti-slavery abolitionist music before asking who were the great Black artists singing songs of freedom seeking civil rights. Finally, we’ll hear a clip from the song many consider the greatest protest song of all time. Like they say on the late night infomercials, ‘all this and more’ as we explore American patriotic music and the freedom of which it sings – American freedom holidays on The American Tapestry Project.