Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' engagement in Vietnam. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds ...

By 1968, public opinion was sharply divided over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The assassinations in 1968 of Martin Luther ... Have students create a multimedia presentation showing the ...

the war in Vietnam, which also divided the folk music world. While popular memory of the 1960s assumes that folk fans and performers marched hand-in-glove with the anti-war protesters of the 1960s ...

The tune came out in 1969. Plenty of rock and pop songs from the late 1960s and early 1970s commented on the Vietnam War in some way, including The Beatles’ “Revolution,” The Rolling Stones ...