what are the best civil rights era protest songs?

Question

i'm a teacher and I have to teach a unit on civil rights in my homeroom class. i'm a huge bob dylan fan, and i know about joan baez and pete seeger.

Answer 1

Your three choices are excellent.. Pete and Woody Guthrie were in the forefront of civil rights too. I'm a jazz guitarist, but I did listen to a lot of music in my youth. Dylan isn't the best singer,but he can sure write!

Answer 2

It wasn't purely the Hippies protesting, a great form of the unfastened worldwide places in this international knew it wasn't a conflict that usa could of have been given in contact in. So i assume you would be able to desire to call the entire united states of Canada hippies too for being against that conflict.

Answer 3

Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday

Answer 4

"My Old Man's A Dustman" by Lonnie Donegan

It tells the story of a young boy watching his aged working class father struggle with heavy loads to make a living. you can tell from the lyrics that he equates their status to that of the jews in Nazi Germany.

for example, there is a direct comparison with the yellow star the jews were forced to wear in the line

"My old man's a dustman and he wears a dustman's hat" - thus marking him out from the ordinary working man

The next line deals with the poor clothes and living conditions

"He wear's Gorblimey trousers and he lives in a council flat"

In fact, here are the complete lyrics

Now here's a little story
To tell it is a must
About an unsung hero
That moves away your dust
Some people make a fortune
Other's earn a mint
My old man don't earn much
In fact....he's flippin'.....skint

Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
He looks a proper narner
In his great big hob nailed boots
He's got such a job to pull em up
That he calls them daisy roots

Some folks give tips at Christmas
And some of them forget
So when he picks their bins up
He spills some on the steps
Now one old man got nasty
And to the council wrote
Next time my old man went 'round there
He punched him up the throat

Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat

I say, I say Duncan
I 'er...I found a police dog in my dustbin
(How do you know he's a police dog)
He had a policeman with him

Though my old man's a dustman
He's got a heart of gold
He got married recently
Though he's 86 years old
We said 'Ear! Hang on Dad
you're getting past your prime'
He said 'Well when you get to my age'
'It helps to pass the time'

Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat

I say, I say, I say
My dustbins full of lillies
(Well throw 'em away then)
I can't Lilly's wearing them

Now one day while in a hurry
He missed a lady's bin
He hadn't gone but a few yards
When she chased after him
'What game do you think you're playing'
She cried right from the heart
'You've missed me...am I too late'
'No... jump up on the cart'

Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat

I say, I say, I say (What you again)
My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
(How do you know it's full)
'Cos there's not much room inside

He found a tiger's head one day
Nailed to a piece of wood
The tiger looked quite miserable
But I suppose it should
Just then from out a window
A voice began to wail
He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head)
Four foot from it's tail

Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
Next time you see a dustman
Looking all pale and sad
Don't kick him in the dustbin
It might be my old dad

Answer 5

We Shall Overcome

Answer 6

I seem to remember some protesters singing "I shall not be Moved"