Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement

50 years later, how the end of the Vietnam War was a turning point for protest songs

Out of the many Vietnam War protests she performed at in the 1960s and 1970s, Judy Collins can never forget one in Washington, D.C., where she stood before thousands and sang Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War.” “It was just me, and Bruce Langhorne playing the guitar, for this huge event. … And everybody knows the words and very quickly they all start singing along,” she says, remembering the “amazing” spirit of those rallies. “It does trigger somethin…

Recollections and Lessons From the Vietnam Anti-War Movement From a GI Anti-War Activist

“What made you interested in peace?” students often ask. The answer is unexpected: “I was drafted for the Vietnam War.” It was 1968, an unfortunate time to be…

Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. What role did American protest culture, especially music, play in bringing the conflict to an end?

Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement (Deutsche Welle) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

New-to-me, from Deutsche Welle: Vietnam War: How protest music fueled a movement. “[Justin Brummer] is the founding editor and digital archivist of the Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP), a digital archive that also analyzes and interprets songs referencing the Vietnam War. Since its inception in 2007, the VWSP has collected over 6,000 Vietnam War-related songs. Of these, Brummer has identified over 700 English-language protest songs released durin…