Welcome to the season five opener! It's episode 95 (we will be reaching 100 during this season!) and we have invited our musician bestie, Matty Baker, on to chat about the very long and very deep history of American protest music!
From Yankee Doodle to Kendrick Lamar; from the Revolutionary War through the Black Freedom Struggle, Vietnam and queer identity, bounce through American history and the fist shaking songs that went with it.
You can listen along to all the songs we mention during the episode, as well as some honorable mentions, and please comment (Patreon, YouTube and Spotify) what songs would you add to the discussion! Check out our YouTube playlist "American Protest Songs" on our channel on Youtube
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Mentioned in the Episode:
Episode 58: History of Cannabis, Jazz and the War on Drugs
Episode 25: The Great Beer Run (Vietnam War)
Episode 35: The Stonewall Uprising
Episode 70: The History of Sex, part two
Episode 85: History of Voguing and Drag Balls
War on Disco and Chicago's Disco Demolition Night
Episode 49: 1969 Native Occupation of Alcatraz Island
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Source Materials--
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/yankee-doodle/
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/story-behind-the-song/the-story-behind-the-song/we-shall-overcome/
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-billie-holidays-strange-fruit/17738/
https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/history-of-the-womens-rights-movement/
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/12/14462948/protest-music-history-america-trump-beyonce-dylan-misty
https://www.nber.org/digest/202208/exploring-160-years-black-white-wealth-gap
Meacham, Jon, and Tim McGraw. 2019. Songs of America. Random House.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antebellum#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%3F,dates%20back%20to%20the%201840s
https://aaregistry.org/story/the-antebellum-south-a-brief-story/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/life-in-the-south-ordered-society-and-economy-of-the-southern-states.html
https://www.learner.org/series/american-passages-a-literary-survey/slavery-and-freedom/sorrow-songs/#:~:text=Drawing%20on%20both%20African%20musical,improvisation%2C%20and%20encouraging%20group%20participation
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-superpower-of-singing-music-and-the-struggle-against-slavery.htm#:~:text=When%20spoken%20words%20are%20impossible,the%20dehumanizing%20character%20of%20slavery.%E2%80%9D
https://writingeducator.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/race-music-and-segregation-in-new-orleans/#:~:text=North%20of%20the%20French%20Quarter,circle%20to%20display%20their%20moves
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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
