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Bob Dylan- Human Rights Movement Bob Dylan’s Background: Born as Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941 Occupation- Singer-songwriter, author, poet, screenwriter, disc jockey Years active in singing/songwriting: 1959 to today Associated with: The Band, Traveling Wilburys, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Songs became anthems for the Civil Rights Movements of the 60’s and 70’s Formed many bands in high school Enrolled in the University of Minnesota Dropped out of college after freshman year and moved to New York to follow music

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I am Bob Dylan and I am fighting for the rights of all of the citizens of America. I support all of the movements going on in America during the 1970's. Most of my songs show the hardships of the different groups of people in America. My songs have also changed over time to show the mood of the people or what was going on in the country. I never became the leader of any people's rights organization or did I ever graduate from college, but I believe with violence, the nation will fall apart and this is why we need peace and the same rights for everybody. I also won the "Tom Paine Award" for the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee in 1963. I was the first so-called star to raise money for a charity and to aid a cause.

Most of my music carries along the younger population to follow in my beliefs. I believe that through music, we can come to peace and secure the rights of everybody. Like the name of my one song, "//The Times They Are a-Changin'//", the times are changing and in order for the nation to stay strong, the changes need to be done through peace. Other songs that I have wrote deal with what I think about our government. I have appeared numerous times in public to show my support for the various movements in America. My good friend Joan Baez has also appeared alongside me to perform in public for what she believes in.

I am really friends with just about everybody that is part of any kind of non-violent organization that is looking to further the placement of the minorities of the nation, whether they be for blacks, women, or gays. To name just a few of these people, they are Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, Rachael Carson, and Martin Luther King Jr. These are all of my friends because they support non-violent ways to advance human and environmental rights.

Works Cited:

"Bob Dylan -- A Poet for Our Times." __Common Dreams | News & Views__. 22 Dec. 2008 http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0523-04.htm.

"Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-changin’ lyrics." __LyricsFreak — ( A-Z Song Lyrics )__. 22 Dec. 2008 http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob+dylan/the+times+they+are+achangin_20021240.html.

"Bob Dylan's Charity Work." __Celebrity Charity News, Events and Resources - Look To The Stars.org__. 22 Dec. 2008 http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/514-bob-dylan.