1. Blowin’ in the Wind
By: Bianca, Angela, Macy

2. How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Yes, how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he just doesn't see? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind. Yes, how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Blowin’ in the Wind

3. Origin Bob Dylan wrote Blowin’ in the Wind, August 1963
Bob Dylan said it took him ten minutes to write the song
The song was described as the anthem of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
It was labeled as a protest song (peace, war, and freedom)

4. Origin
The song is filled with rhetorical questions, meaning that the listener can interpret it however they want
Bob Dylan first performed the song “Blowin’ in the Wind,” January 1963 in the United Kingdom
November 1963, a high school student named Lorre Wyatt claimed that Dylan stole the song from him, these allegations were not proven

5. Influences
It is said that Bob Dylan may have taken passages from the book “Bound for Glory,” a fictional autobiography of a folk singer and song-writer, travelling across the United States to receive recognition as a singer

6. Influences
Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the wind” is an adaptation of an old folk song, “No More Auction Block”
No More Auction Block was sung by slaves, a song that was originated in Canada

7. Bob Dylan Quotes
“This land is your land, this land is my land, sure. But the world is run by people who don’t listen to music anyways.”
“Democracy don’t rule the world. You better get that in your head; this world is ruled by violence but I guess that’s better left unsaid.”
RESPONSE TO QUOTE: -Music is a good way to send out political messages.

8. Human Rights
What are Human Rights? Human rights are rights that everyone is obligated to have. No matter what your nationality, gender, religion, sexual orientation, color, or language is. Who is Human Rights meant for? Everyone is entitled to human rights; with out discrimination, we are all equal. These rights are meant to be permanent. When was the first Human Rights Declaration issued? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was issued shortly after the Second World War ( )

9. Civil Rights Movement
1948, President Truman issued military segregation wipeout
1954, The Supreme Court decided that segregation was unconstitutional
1955, Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus – Montgomery Bus Boycott shortly follows

10. Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama she refused to give up her seat to a white woman. She was then arrested and fined for violating a city bylaw. She then joined the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

11. 1957, Governor of Arkansas calls in National Guard to stop 9 African American students from entering Little Rock high school
1961, Freedom ride begins from Washington DC to the southern states
1962, Supreme Court rules that transportation segregation is unconstitutional

12. 1963, Civil Rights Movement leader, Medgar Evers assassinated
1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers “I Have A Dream” speech
1964, Congress passes Civil Rights Act
1965, Voting Rights Act is passed

13. 1965, Malcolm X shot and killed
1968, Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1988, Congress passes Civil Rights Restoration Act
2009, Barack Obama becomes the first black President of the United States

14. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, In 1954, he became a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People alongside Rosa Parks. He traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times. In 1963, he lead a peaceful march of 25,000 people where he delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech.

15. Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was born near Decatur, Mississippi on July 2, In 1943 he was inducted into the army. After serving in Normandy, he went to Alcon College, majoring in business administration. In 1951, he received his B.A. degree. During this time he began to establish local chapters of the NAACP.

16. Malcolm X
Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, In 1946, he was convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. He was released from prison in 1952 and moved to Chicago where he met Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam sector. He changed his name to X, as most of Muhammad’s followers did. In 1964, he left the Nation of Islam and established his own religious organization, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

17. “A song as vague as “Blowin’ in the Wind” could be applied to just about any freedom issue. It remains the song with which Dylan’s name is inextricably linked, and safe guarded his reputation as a libertarian through any number of changes in style and attitude.” –Music critic; Andy Gill