Topic: Protest Music, Central Idea: Artists have used protest music as a means to speak out against wrongdoings and encourage positive change., Supporting Details of Central Idea: Protest Music can be used to inspire people to take actions., Protest Music can be used to call out people or the government., Protest Music can be used to promote hope and celebrate differences., Text Details: “Yankee Doodle” helped rally colonists to the cause of the revolution. It provided a sense of unity and purpose to American soldiers as they marched into battle., One of the most emotionally charged songs ever recorded by an American singer is Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit.” It shocked and disturbed as many as it inspired to take action against such crimes., There was a struggle for gender equality in the 1960s and 1970s, during what is now known as the period of second-wave feminism.Their protest songs sought to give women a voice as the rigid gender roles of the time began to break down., Woodie Guthrie wrote “This Land is Your Land.” This spoke to the millions of Americans who were left destitute and hungry during the Great Depression. Guthrie’s music helped voice their frustration with a government that neglected them., The golden age of protest music in the 1960s and 1970s defined a generation of Americans. These songs were anthems for activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Songs like “The Times They Are A Changin’” were performed all over the nation in protest against the establishment., The Vietnam War was a huge inspiration for singers and songwriters during this time. Many young men were being drafted to fight a war that they didn’t believe in, They protested injustices like racial discrimination and segregation, and they called for change in their songs. In his 1964 song, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke takes the mournful yet hopeful stance that equality will eventually be achieved., American protest music has inspired countless musicians and dissatisfied people over time. It has given a voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless., Evidence: “Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root / Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees., “Come on mothers throughout the land, / Pack your boys off to Vietnam. / Come on fathers, and don’t hesitate / To send your sons off before it’s too late. / And you can be the first ones on your block / To have your boy come home in a bo, “It's been a long / A long time coming / But I know a change gonna come / Oh, yes it will”,

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