Protest music: Protest music is music that aims to send social messages and make a change (associated with a movement for social change or other current events through music).
Prompt: Choose a song of your choice that you feel qualifies as an example of modern “protest music.” Explain why you feel this song fits the criteria of being a “protest music.
” Then, compare and contrast this song with some of the music that we have discussed from earlier protest movements in the United States. Discuss how you see this modern protest song as continuing the legacy of earlier protest music in America.
Discuss how you see this modern protest song as continuing the legacy of earlier protest music in America.
