It's been a long time since I posted to and read this thread. I apologize to GUEST,DV for just reading his/her request to add a hyperlink for the web address that was posted in that 03 Aug 08 - 12:09 PM comment. Here's that hyperlink:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=african+american+protest+songs&search_type=

Thanks to all who have posted to this thread.

Keep on keepin on!