As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...

Like the movement to unionize industrial workers in the 1930s and the African American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, the farmworkers’ movement was a singing movement. It consciously ...

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.

“We're gonna strike 'cause our waters are rising. / We're gonna strike 'cause our people are dying. / We're gonna strike for life and everything we love. / We're gonna strike for you. / Will you ...

This piece was originally published at Waging Nonviolence. Social movements are stronger when they sing. That’s a lesson that has been amply demonstrated throughout history, and it’s one that I have ...

During the biggest anti-government protests on the island of Cuba in decades, protesters have been chanting words from a hip-hop song released earlier this year, calling for the end to Cuba's ...

Activists will tell you that music has the power to change things. Dolores Huerta, one of the most influential labor activists in the 20th century, attests that music was a crucial spark in America's ...