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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.
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.