protest song
Protest songs have accompanied labor, civil-rights, antiwar, and other movements. This topic is part of Song Types within Music. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
protest song trivia questions
A protest song expresses opposition to what?
Answer: A social or political issue
Bonus fact: Protest songs have accompanied labor, civil-rights, antiwar, and other movements.
Which singer wrote Blowin' in the Wind, a famous 1960s protest song?
Answer: Bob Dylan
Bonus fact: The song became closely associated with civil-rights and peace movements.
Which U.S. folk singer wrote This Land Is Your Land?
Answer: Woody Guthrie
Bonus fact: Guthrie wrote the song in 1940.
Which haunting protest song about racial violence became closely associated with Billie Holiday?
Answer: Strange Fruit
Bonus fact: Holiday's recording made Strange Fruit a landmark protest song.
Which protest song about the Kent State shootings appears on "So Far"?
Answer: Ohio
Bonus fact: Neil Young wrote "Ohio" quickly after seeing photographs of the 1970 shootings.
Who wrote the protest song "Ohio"?
Answer: Neil Young
Bonus fact: Young wrote it quickly after seeing photographs of the Kent State shootings.