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Bob Dylan And The Sixties: A Social Commentary Reflecting Politics And Existentialism, Nicole Lemieux

Honors College Theses

The 60s were typified by a generation's profound political activism. Issues of race, class, gender, among others each came to the forefront at various points throughout the decade, and acts of protest have come to symbolize the movement's desire for change. While masses of people sought to protest by marching on Washington, some wrote. Through works like James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night , the struggles that were being so passionately fought by thousands were able to be recorded and preserved for generations that were to come. However, the writer who would …