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July 02, 2020

From "Yankee Doodle" to spirituals during slavery to viral Tik Tok remixes, protest music is American music.

Oregon Public Broadcasting's Claudia Meza takes us through the history of protest songs in this country.

This segment aired on July 2, 2020.

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