Songs from the Civil Rights Era
How music helped the civil rights movement — five songs and the role they played.
Preview
Page count: 4. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Identify songs that played a role in social change movements.
About this resource
- Subject: Music
- Type: Fact File
- Grade levels: Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 4
- Date added: 2026-05-31
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Books about civil rights and music
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For children
- W Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass — Lesa Cline-Ransome
- D Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince — Andrea Davis Pinkney
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