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The Protest Song

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ANTHEM
An anthem earns its name slowly, sung first by a handful, then by a generation. 'We Shall Overcome' grew from a 1900s gospel hymn into the defining anthem of the American civil rights movement.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
UNION
Union halls were some of the earliest venues for protest music in America. Pete Seeger performed for labor organizers throughout the 1940s, keeping the tradition of workers singing their own cause alive.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
FOLK
The folk revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s planted protest songs squarely in American living rooms, coffeehouses, and eventually the Newport Folk Festival stage.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PICKET
The picket line has its own soundtrack. Strikers have sung to keep spirits up and solidarity strong since at least the great textile strikes of the early 20th century.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Protest song word search, playable online right now, where BLOWIN and RESIST sit in the same grid that's been starting arguments since 1965.

About The Protest Song

Long before amplifiers and arenas, the protest song traveled by word of mouth, sung on picket lines, in dusty labor halls, and around campfires where people gathered to name what was wrong with the world. Artists like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan turned the acoustic guitar and a few honest verses into something that could move thousands without a watt of electricity. The tradition never faded; the melody changes, but the need to sing out, for justice, for freedom, for the ones who can't yet speak, stays as alive as ever.

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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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