Protest Songs

By florian duclos
  • “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier”

    “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier”

    One of the first anti-war pop songs, this song was a hit in 1915, selling 650,000 copies

  • Begining

    All begins this years
    African slaves are sent to America.It is the birthday of work songs
  • Which side are you on-Pete seeger

    Which side are you on-Pete seeger

    This song was created to pormote a organisation of rights after violent assaults
  • Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

    Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land

    This Land Is Your Land is one of America's most famous folk songs. The lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 to existing music
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States
  • Bob Dylan – Masters Of War

    Bob Dylan – Masters Of War

    It’s an angry song, the young Dylan obviously incensed by a feeling of helplessness as the United States became entangled in international affairs
  • Get up Stand up - Bob Marley

    Get up Stand up - Bob Marley

    Get Up, Stand Up is presented as a song against racism and against the oppression exerted on the various ethnic groups from Africa or in Africa itself. Bob Marley encourages people to "fight for their rights". The lyrics of this song also denounce certain aspects of colonization,
  • the specials – free nelson mandela

    the specials – free nelson mandela

    That political songs can simultaneously sway hips and broaden minds.This sound was created to fight for the release of nelson mendela
  • Donald Glover/Childish Gambino – This Is America

    Donald Glover/Childish Gambino – This Is America

    The sound was created to denounce police violence and racism in the United States. It was one of the most popular song in 2018
  • Lil Baby, "The Bigger Picture"

    Lil Baby, "The Bigger Picture"

    The biggest rapper of the year wrote, recorded and released this protest anthem less than three weeks after the kiling of Goerge Floyd