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

Here she explains the importance of music in the Civil Rights Movement. One of the first things that's important when you think about freedom songs and the Civil Rights Movement is to not actually ...

Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the ...

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 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 ...

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

wrote the first draft of one of his most famous songs, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” while sitting on a bus in Durham. That’s according to research compiled by Ian Mance, a civil rights attorney ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on Monday, Jan. 20, those who attended an annual program on Friday afternoon will have a lot to think about. The event, entitled “Martin Luther King Jr.