Common elements like memorability, teachability and timelessness can lead to songs moving from the stage to the streets.

The 'Freedom Movement' for civil rights was a turning point in history - Martin Luther King Jr said there was one genre of music essential to powering it.

LOGAN COUNTY, KY.- Charles Neblett, a prominent civil rights activist, reflects on the transformative power of music during ...

The Beatles' "Blackbird" flies into the top 40 for the first time on the U.K. charts, hitting that region on a pair of lists ...

The Natchez Festival of Music will honor the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at “Songs from the Battleground.” ...

The Augusta Heritage Center and Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area will host Tennessee folk singer and social activist ...