Mohammed Ali is credited with defying the draft board by declaring conscientious objector status due to being a Black Muslim. “He embellished his position with a now-famous statement, ‘I ain’t got no ...
As the Motown sound was dominating airwaves in the 1960s and ‘70s, Hollywood took notice and started incorporating the music into its soundtracks. Ever since then, Motown has been an inescapable ...
The Cold War is the title given to the period of tension between the two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, which dominated international relations for most of the second half of the 20th century.
Often presented as a secondary figure in Bob Dylan’s 1960s lore, Baez was following a much more compelling path than her former lover and muse. While Dylan was flexing his Hollywood chops for Pat ...
Listen to these songs about nuclear war. After World War II, anxiety over the atom bomb began to influence ... Bottom line: This protest song written by P.F. Sloan references the social issues of the ...
It’s a shame because the song has a timeless message. The Vietnam War deeply impacted the rock music of the late 1960s and 1970s. Tunes like John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance,” The ...
A long-lost lighter that was dug out of the sand at Jones Beach nearly six decades ago has finally been reunited with the family of the Vietnam veteran who owned it, The Post has learned.
The Museum at Bethel Woods is an amazing look back at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Festival and its significance as a culminating event of a decade of radical cultural transformation, along with ...