Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 194, was and still is an old singer and songwriter, whom of which was able to bring change to American society. Dylan was mainly known for his impact on not only music, but also on conformity in post-war America during the 1960s. He was known for his involvement in civil rights movements and for those who don’t know, civil rights are rights to full legal, social, and economic equality granted to all individuals and minorities, because during the 60s not everyone was being treated fairly or equally. Dylan, however, fought for these minorities and saw to it that these people would be treated as equals, through the gift of music. Bob Dylan became a voice of the 1960s by taking a stand through his musical works and challenging conformity, racism, and the Vietnam War.
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The U.S. sent over 3,500 men over to Vietnam for the Vietnam War in 1960 and continued to do so until the end of the war in 1975. In 1960, NASA sent the first weather satellite, TIROS-1, to space and nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to arrive on the moon. Democrat John f. Kennedy wins the presidential election over Republican Richard Nixon and unfortunately, President Kennedy was assassinated three years later by Lee Harvey Oswald. In that same year, Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. King, however, had been assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968. The Cuban missile crisis has brought the world to the edge of its seat as the United State and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic come close to launching nuclear attacks. And of course, civil rights movements, where Bob Dylan will come into play. In Dylan’s song, “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” there is a verse where he
The U.S. sent over 3,500 men over to Vietnam for the Vietnam War in 1960 and continued to do so until the end of the war in 1975. In 1960, NASA sent the first weather satellite, TIROS-1, to space and nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to arrive on the moon. Democrat John f. Kennedy wins the presidential election over Republican Richard Nixon and unfortunately, President Kennedy was assassinated three years later by Lee Harvey Oswald. In that same year, Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. King, however, had been assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968. The Cuban missile crisis has brought the world to the edge of its seat as the United State and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic come close to launching nuclear attacks. And of course, civil rights movements, where Bob Dylan will come into play. In Dylan’s song, “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” there is a verse where he