With the Civil Rights Movement in full effect, there were many who still believed that America should stay the way it was. To thwart the efforts of prominent leaders in the black struggle, violent actions had been taken. In 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed and resulted in the death of four young children. In 1964, Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader, was murdered. And perhaps the most widely known leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, 1968. All of these events had impacts that would later fuel the fire for more to join the movement. The atrocities committed against the Civil Rights Movement led many artists to write and release songs in response, helping to gain more awareness.
Artist: Nina Simone
Song: Mississippi Goddam
Album: Nina Simone in Concert
Record: Philips
Catalog: 40194
Date: 1964
Song: Alabama
Album: Live at Birdland
Record: Impulse!
Catalog: A-50
Date: 1964
Song: Strange Fruit
Album: Fine and Mellow
Record: Commodore
Catalog: WP24403A
Date: 1939
Song: Birmingham Sunday
Album: Joan Baez/5
Record: Vanguard
Catalog: 35012
Date: 1964
Artist: Bob Dylan
Song: Only a Pawn in their Game
Album: The Times They Are a-Changin'
Record: Columbia
Catalog: Columbia 7804
Date: 1964
Song: Too Many Martyrs
Album: All the News That's Fit to Sing
Record: Elektra
Catalog: 6502
Date: 1963
Song: Here's to the State of Mississippi
Album: I Ain't Marching Anymore
Record: Elektra
Catalog: 7292
Date: 1965
Artist: The Staple Singers
Song: Long Walk to DC
Album: Mavis Staples
Record: Volt
Catalog: Vos-7019
Date:1969
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