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Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America
Date: 1/1/1970Call Number: Vin 031Producers: Paredon Records, Organization of Latin American SolidarityCollection: General materials
Protest songs recorded by activist musicians from Argentina Chile, Cuba, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1967, the Cuban revolutionary government under Fidel Castro held a meeting of the Organization of Latin American Solidarity (OLAS) in Havana. Artists and activists discussed the importance of protest songs in communicating the messages of freedom movements. After this conference, OLAS recorded this album. Includes liner notes with contextual information and lyrics.
Cuba: Songs for our America
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 034Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
Cuba: Songs for our America
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 035Producers: Paredon Records, Carlos PueblaCollection: General materials
Carlos Puebla, the self-declared "minstrel of the revolution" in Cuba, sings political ballads in celebration of the new Cuban society. Also emphasizes solidarity with other freedom struggles around the world, namely in Puerto Rico, Vietnam, and the Chicano Movement in the United States. Liner notes include biography and song lyrics.
Taone- Taone en Cuba
This album was recorded in Havana, Cuba by a Puerto Rican group called Taone. Influenced by the Nueva Trova movement in Cuba, Taone traveled to Havana in 1973 to record an album of protest songs in solidarity with revolutionary Cuba. Liner notes contain song lyrics.
Canta Cuba Libre (Songs of Free Cuba)
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: Vin 045Producers: I Dischi Dello Zodiaco, Canzoniere InternazionaleCollection: General materials
Protest songs in solidarity with revolutionary Cuba by the 1970s Italian pop group, Canzoniere Internazionale. Although the album concentrates on Cuba, there are also topical songs about other social movements, namely the struggle of the Viet Cong. Includes liner notes in Italian.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Why I Oppose The Vietnam War"
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: Vin 053Producers: Paul Winley Records, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Collection: General materials
Original recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s anti-Vietnam war speech. He gave this sermon on April 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. In the sermon, he draws parallels between the freedom struggle of the Viet Cong and the civil rights movement, calling for an end to US military involvement.
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