Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...

ROCHESTER — The Rochester Area Historical Society will sponsor the program, “Songs of the Civil War,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in the Rochester Municipal Building, 300 W. Spring St. Doors open at ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B.