Monica Grabin: Music/Programs
The Fifties and Sixties (click for info)
(Monica Grabin)
Conformity in music and culture, McCarthy, communism, the rise of rock & roll, "race music" (blacks didn't reap the benefits of their own culture), the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam war.
A few of the songs: Little Boxes, Blowin' in the Wind, Talkin' World War III Blues, What Have They Done to the Rain?, We Shall Overcome, In the Heat of the Summer, Masters of War, Eyes on the Prize.