Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is Gonna Come" and "Blowin' in the Wind." Martin Luther ...

This organ-driven reinvention of the spiritual "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around" was the Roots' contribution to "Soundtrack For a Revolution," a 2012 compilation of contemporary artists doing ...