WEEKEND EDITION - SATURDAY http://www.npr.org/ Listen to host Scott Simon's interview with the singer. http://www.pbs.org/previews/ tripbacktothesixties Learn more about the special week of programs spotlighting the history and music of the decade. Use the pull-down menu to find external Web sites for the artists featured in the program. Choose a Musician Joan Baez Beastie Boys Harry Belafonte David Bowie Billy Bragg James Brown Jackson Browne The Byrds Tracy Chapman The Clash Crosby Stills & Nash Dead Kennedys Diddy The Doors Bob Dylan Fleetwood Mac The Fugs Peter Gabriel Marvin Gaye Bob Geldof Arlo Guthrie Woody Guthrie George Harrison Jimi Hendrix Joe Hill Ice-T Alan Jackson Mick Jagger Jefferson Airplane Bon Jovi Gladys Knight Kris Kristofferson Talib Kweli Madonna Bob Marley Curtis Mayfield Paul McCartney Willie Nelson Gary Numan Oasis Odetta Public Enemy Queen REM Tom Robinson Sex Pistols Nina Simone Sly & the Family Stone Patti Smith Pete Seeger Spearheads Bruce Springsteen Sting Rolling Stones 2 Live Crew UB40 U2 The Weavers Stevie Wonder Centre for Political Song http://polsong.gcal.ac.uk/index.html Discover articles commissioned by the Centre about political music by songwriters, activists, and academics; lyrics to unpublished contemporary political songs; and a vast list of links to artists and organizations. Music of Social Change http://metascholar.org/MOSC/index.html Find essays about protest songs and links to Web sites about the civil rights movement. Life Every Voice: Protest Songs http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/protest.html The companion site to the University of Virginia Library's exhibit examining American music, Lift Every Voice includes a section about protest songs accompanied by audio clips and sheet-music pages from the library's collections. PBS.org: A FORCE MORE POWERFUL: We Were Soldiers: Freedom Songs http://www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful/nashville/songs.html Find a section on key songs from the civil rights movement on this site about how popular movements used nonviolent resistance to win their struggles against oppressive governments and brutal regimes. Protest Music as Responsible Citizenship http://cfs.osu.edu/activities/ Read interviews with musicians Harry Belafonte, Holly Near, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Pete Seeger, all of whom were invited to an event in September 2003 examining the interrelationship between protest, music, and citizenship. PBS.org: INDEPENDENT LENS: Strange Fruit http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/index.html Listen to an excerpt of one of the most powerful songs of the 20th century, "Strange Fruit," made famous by singer Billie Holiday, and trace the history of protest music in the United States via the site's timeline. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.html Explore the extensive music collection of the Smithsonian Institution's record label, featuring songs from the civil rights movement, folk traditions from around the world, blues, spirituals, and much more.   Posted 9/2005 GET UP, STAND UP Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York. © 2005 Educational Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | PBS Privacy Policy