Introduction

The Internet Resources

• 'The Big Parade' - Ten Thousand Maniacs remembers Vietnam

• My Back Pages By Bob Dylan - For the longes time I thought this was entitled I'm Younger than that now

• Too Many Martyrs - AKA The Ballad Of Medgar Evers

Songs/Poetry

• 'I aint marchin' anymore.' - Great war protest song by Phil Ochs

• 'One more parade.' - Another good Ochs song

• 'Talkin' Vietnam' - Classic talkin blues style

• 'That was the President and that was the man.' - NO discussion of the Vietnam Era is complete without considering the Assasination of John F. Kennedy. I was in 3 grade, it was Friday, my teacher was Mrs. Coleman.

• 'Vietnam' - I never heard this song but as poetry it is representitive of the era. Note when it was written (1962)

• 'The war is over.' - Another by Ochs

• 'We seek no wider war.' - This works better as poetry than a song.....It was a GREAT! song.

• 'Where theres a will theres a way.' - He always found a way to extol other to act.

• 'White boots marching in a yellow land.' - Interestingly sang in an upbeat tempo

• 'Remember Me.' - Who says you can't be adverse to the Vietnam War and still be patriotic?

• 'Is there anybody here? - This is great on so many levels.

• 'Draft Dodger Rag' - THE CLASSIC PHIL OCHS SONG

• 'Lyndon Johnson told the nation' - Song by Tom Paxton

• 'Eve of Distruction' - Written by Barry McGuire

• 'Sky Pilot' - Another view

• 'Feel like I'm fixn' to die rag.' - Country Joe and the Fish...Woodstock baby!

• 'Masters of War' - Bob Dylan

• 'My Uncle' - Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers,Southern Hillman and Furay Band

• 'Ohio' - Lyrics reflecting on the tagedy at Kent State May 4 1970.

• Cops of the World by Phil Ochs

Remembering Vietnam

• The Viet Nam Memorial in Mount Pleasant MI - Everyone should visit this in person

• Napalm Girl - More than just music survived the War. The news media played the first, huge, part of stopping the confilct

• Kent State Chronology - 33 years ago May 4

Civil Rights

• The Times They Are a Changn' By Bob Dylan - One of the anthems for our time

• Talkin' Birmingham Jam - A shot at southern civel right mentality

• You Should Have Been Down in Mississippi

• Going Down to Mississippi - Another shot at Mississippi

• Heres to the State of Mississippi

• Colored Town

• Days of Decision