What is social protest music? : one historian's perspective / African-American protest music in the 19th century / God, garrison, and the ground : the Hutchinson Family Singers and the origins of commercial protest music / Solidarity forever : music and the labor movement in the United States / Sonic opposition : protesting racial violence before civil rights / Antiwar protest in popular music in the United States, 1917-1970 / Bob Dylan : an american tragedian / A screaming comes across the dial : country, folk, and atomic protest music / A soul message : R & B, soul, and the black freedom struggle / Societal visions in progressive rock / Radical protest in rock : Zappa, Lennon, and Garcia / Falling into fancy fragments : punk, protest and politics / Women, rap, and hip-hop : the challenge of image / I predict a riot : Riot Grrls and the contradiction of feminism / Anger is a gift : post-Cold War rock and the anti-capitalist movement / Concerts for a cause (or 'cause we can?) / What every revolution should know : a musical model of global protest / Revolutionary words : reggae's evolution from protest to mainstream / "We need more than love" : three generations of North American indigenous protest singers / European pop music and the notion of protest / Lead-made flowers : political and cultural protest in Brazilian popular music / Songs for freedom : South African music and the struggle against apartheid / "Sorrow, tears, and blood" : Fela Anikulapo Kuti and protest in Nigeria / Telling the truth and commenting reality : "harsh criticism" in Guinea-Bissau's intervention music / Deglamorizing protest : the politics of "song and dance" in popular Indian cinema / Protesting Australia : convict theatre and Kelly ballads / Protest rock in communist China / Conclusion : popular protest music in history