Document Type
Freshman Seminar Essay
Publication Date
1989
Excerpt
During the period of the 1950's and 1960's, our country experienced many radical and/or explosive events in which music, in the form of protest songs, played a vital role influencing events and their outcomes. But such events as the Civil Rights movement, Bay of Pigs, Vietnam Conflict, and labor strikes belong to a different past. From a period of history that was known for its social consciousness, we have come to a present where the individual is paramount. Apparently, there is not the same devotion to social change in today's music as there was twenty to thirty years ago.
Recommended Citation
Albers, Amy A. K., "Songs of Persuasion Still Exist (1989)" (1989). The Valpo Core Reader. 439.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/439