▲"Cheer up, sisters and don't you cry. There'll be good times bye and bye."

▲"People you all have been wonderin,' wonderin' why I sing the blues?"

▲"Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly."

▲"Cause Martin's dream has become Rodney's worst nightmare."

▲"Facing the rising sun of our new day begun. Let us march on 'til victory is won."

▲"Southern trees bear a strange fruit. Blood on the leaves and blood at the root."

▲"Free at last, free at last. I thank God I'm free at last."

▲"Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam. And admit that the waters around you have grown."

▲"And the poor white remains on the caboose of the train. But it ain't him to blame, he's only a pawn in their game."

▲"Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight. Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight."

▲"Yes, and how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?"

▲"Cut this jive and see who's got the power to kill the most. When they run out of power, the world's gonna be a ghost."

▲"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds."

▲"To carry the fire and light the spark. To stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart."

▲"With a story to tell, my eyes see the glory and well, the world waitin' for me to yell 'I Have a Dream.'"

▲"You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out."

▲"They say the horror of that night is haunting Heaven still. Where I am one more black boy, my name is Emmett Till."

▲"Didn't you love the things that they stood for? Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?"

▲"Don't give me degeneration. Give me true communication. Don't give me sorrow. I want equal opportunity to live tomorrow."

▲"But that day will have to wait for awhile. Baby, I'm only a society's child. When we're older things may change, but for now this is the way they must remain."

▲"No more broken promises. No more call to war. Unless it's love and peace that we're really fighting for."

▲"But just as sure as it take two eyes to make a pair, huh. Brother, we can't quit until we get our share."

▲"Mother, mother everybody thinks we're wrong. Who are they to judge us
Simply cause we wear our hair long?"

▲"Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders that's breaking your back.
Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track."

▲"Tell me how we got over Lord. Had a mighty hard time coming on over. You know my soul look back and wonder. How did we make it over."

▲"We shall not, we shall not be moved. We're fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved."

▲"Dr. King saw that every one of those signs was taken down, down in Mississippi."

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"Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul. Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon."

▲"There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long. But now I think I'm able to carry on. It's been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change gon' come, oh yes it will."

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The American civil rights movement had a massive impact on the musicians of the era. From the raw power of Aretha Franklin to the poetic song stylings of Bob Dylan, our nation's history is set to a soundtrack of soul. Originally reported by NPR, check out this list of tracks that were influenced by the civil rights movement.

Songs with soul: tracks influenced by the civil rights movement

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The American civil rights movement had a massive impact on the musicians of the era. Originally reported by NPR, check out this list of tracks that were influenced by the civil rights movement.