An African American woman's voice, a child of Southwest Georgia, a voice raised in song, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s ...

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

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become their anthems. Her Baptist minister father was the ...

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.

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 ...

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace Songs of the 1960s, reveal the vibrancy of the genre.

It is considered an anthem of the civil rights movement. Sam Cooke, a soul music icon who died 60 years ago this week, wrote the first draft of one of his most famous songs, “A Change Is Gonna ...

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

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