The American Tapestry Project

Ep 15 - Songs of Protest Seeking Freedom 3/3


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This episode of The American Tapestry Project concludes our  exploration of  Protest Songs – that music of the excluded showing the  truth of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s exhortation that “the greatness  of America is the right to protest for rights”. We’ll ask, “Was Bob  Dylan  a protest singer?” He rejected that title long ago, yet several his  songs are still among the greatest protest songs of the 20th century.  We’ll discover who the girl from the north country was, hear selections  from Dylan’s songs conclude by asking “If Bob Dylan wasn’t a protest  singer, might he still be our generation’s greatest poet?” Along the way  we’ll preview the Jefferson Educational Society’s upcoming Global  Summit XIII highlighted by former President George W. Bush. Like they  say on the late-night infomercials, ‘all this and more’ as we explore  protest music and the music of Bob Dylan on The American Tapestry Project.

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