Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

Marvin Gaye, 'Inner City Blues (Make Me Holler)' (1971) "What's Going On" was perhaps the socially relevant album of its era ... Missouri. 15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was ...

from England's King of Skiffle Lonnie Donegan to Pete Seeger and the Seekers. Mavis Staples slowed it down to dramatic effect on a deeply soulful rendition she cut for 2007's "We'll Never Turn Back," ...