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Folk songs occur throughout history, as in the American Revolutionary War and in the abolitionist movement of the 1800s. In the 20th century, the union movement, the Great Depression and the Vietnam War also spawned protest songs. Some protest music traditions also date back to the American Civil War, when traditional songs such as 'We Shall Overcome' served as protest songs.

A common form of folk protest song, often with acoustic guitar and harmonica, was popularized by the work of Woody Guthrie and Pete SeegerPeter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), almost always known as Pete Seeger is a folk singer, political activist and major contributor to folk and protest music in 1950s and 1960s. His father Charles Seeger was a musicologist and an early investigator of non-West in the beginning of the 20th Century. This tradition was continued into the middle of the century by Phil OchsPhil Ochs ( December 19, 1940 April 9, 1976) was a protest singer of the early 1960s, perhaps best known for his songs "Power and Glory", "There But for Fortune", "Changes", "When I'm Gone", and "I Ain't Marching Anymore". He studied journalism at Ohio St and Bob DylanBob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA) is widely regarded as America's greatest popular songwriter. Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams are among the few songwriters similarly revered for t.

For examples of many different types of protest songs, see List of protest songsFor information about protest songs in general, see Protest song. Protest songs regarding unions and labor "1913 Massacre" Woody Guthrie "Allentown" Billy Joel "Angel of Freedom" "Banks of Marble" "Bear The Burden in The Heat of The Day" "Between the Wars.

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