Tracking The Times: A Century of Protest Music PART ONE

"Tracking The Times: A Century of Protest Music" -- PART 1: INTRODUCTORY PAGES, PREFACE, CHAPTERS 1-4 by Boston-based journalist and author Susie Davidson Cover Art by Paul Simonon of The Clash Liner Notes by Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe & The Fish [RIP]) Gerald Casale (Devo) Nona Hendryx (Labelle) Penelope Houston (The Avengers) This never previously done anthology of protest music spans 1926-2026 in 6 parts. A Change Is Gonna Come Preface Slave Ships, Field Hollers, Spirituals: The Beginnings of Blues, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Rock and Work Songs Field Hollers: The Beginnings Of American Music – and Protest Songs • Spirituals, Agents Of Dissent • Spirituals Inspired Bob Marley, Billy Bragg and Antonín Dvorák • Bill Russell: "Life Without Freedom Is No Life At All" • The Muslim Influence On Hollers, Blues, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Rock • Afrika Bambaataa • European Origins and The Influences Of Shape-Note, Sacred Harp and Camp-Meeting Revivals On African American Music • Work Songs • "John Henry" • The Wobblies: "The Internationale" • Joe Hill • The Song "Joe Hill" • Bread and Roses • Aunt Mollie Jackson Chapter 1 '30s: The Depression, Strange Fruit and Early Blues Protest Music In Hard Times • "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" • "The First Protest Song In The World" – Billie Holiday's 1939 Debut Of "Strange Fruit" • Abel Meeropol: Justice Crusader and Mensch • Robert and Michael Meeropol and The Rosenberg Fund For Children/Exonerate Ethel • The Great Northern Migration Brought The Blues • Lead Belly • The Origins Of "Woke" • Far-Reaching Renditions Of "Cotton Fields" • The Topical Evolution Of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul and Early Rock • Benny Goodman, An Early Integrator • Lester Young: "The Prez" • "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" Chapter 2 '40s: His Land Was Our Land Woody Guthrie: His Land Was Our Land • This Machine Kills Fascists • This Land • All Of The Verses • Arlo Guthrie On His Dad • Woody Guthrie Takes On Trump • Charles Guthrie: The Apple Fell Far • Legacy • Blues Musicians In World War II • "Champion" Jack Dupree • Big Bill Broonzy • Josh White: From Street Vagrant To The Big Stage • HUAC Chapter 3 '40s: "We Shall Overcome" Songs Of Wartime • Louis Jordan • The Almanac Singers • People's Songs • Atomic Threat • Vern Partlow: Old Man Atom • Tom Glazer • "Charlie On The M.T.A." • Zipper Songs • "Down By The Riverside" • The Blacklist • Pete Seeger: Folk Legend • Did Seeger's "Waist Dee