This catalog of songs has more than just that, though. There are a few '80s songs like "Born in the U.S.A." that would be enough to get anyone going.

Freedom itself may be on the ballot this year — it’s definitely on the soundtrack. Beyoncé’s 'Freedom,' her 2016 anthem, is in heavy rotation in Harris campaign ads and at rallies.

Several musicians talked with co-hosts Mr. Milewski and Mr. Paulson about popular music and the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of expression. The singers were part of a loosely affiliated ...

" Songs of Flight " illuminates these stories with emotional precision and musical depth, as loving homages that return the enslaved's story back to its victim, and out of the hands of the slaveowner.

Reagon, who died July 16, was one of the powerful singers who helped galvanize the civil rights movement in the 1960s as a member of the Freedom Singers quartet. Originally broadcast in 1988.

Music has been integral to the genius of African people during struggles for freedom, said Pollard. He references an old African proverb that says, “The spirit will not move without a song.” ...

The music of Sweet Honey In The Rock — shown here performing in 2013 — demonstrates how the pursuit of freedom requires both bodies and voices.