Stacker compiled the following list of 20 Protest Songs That Changed History using official documents from these movements, historical archives, and various other online sources.

A lot of times this isn’t about the genius of the moment. It’s about persistence. It’s about being in there and staying in there.” ...

Perhaps the most artistically successful of these, and a short-list candidate for Dylan ... he has scarcely written a protest song for 60 of them. Indeed, as early as 1964, he had already ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival was massively popular for their entire short run. They played Woodstock, dominated the charts, ...

His final appearance ended in controversy when he performed an electric set of rock songs, inciting boos from the crowd. Bob Dylan, a towering figure in American popular culture for more than 60 ...

to traditional protest songs that were the anthems of the democratisation movements of the 1980s. At demonstrations, protesters are exposed to unfamiliar songs, prompting them to learn the lyrics ...