Joan Baez: The Voice of Protest

Joan Baez: The Voice of Protest

Unveiling the Legends: Dolls of the 60s & 70s by Emma Rosa Katharina & Abigail Devoe

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Our 2-part Baez sisters miniseries concludes with an episode about the queen of folk music, Joan Baez. From her first appearance at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, it was clear something was special about Joan. She had a pure voice that softened the blows of her bold activism. She refused to let her income taxes go towards funding the Vietnam War, walked alongside civil rights protesters, walked black children to their first days of integrating schools in the south, and was repeatedly censored by the media for her prisoners’ rights and anti-war beliefs. Of course her early championing of Bob Dylan changed the course of rock-and-roll history, but Joan’s 6 decades of fighting for her chosen causes and leading with her heart have changed our world.

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Keywords
60sJoan baezBob DylanNewport FestivalRolling Thunder RevueFolk Revival