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Folk Music Revival (jan 1, 1955 – dec 31, 1965)

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- became popular c younger generation especially in coffee houses around NYC BECAUSE: students tired of being treated like adolescents (aligned selves with non-conformist movements), students inspired from anti-segregation protests in the south (often articulated c collective singing), students liked historical resonance c resistance movements + was less commercial than mainstream pop

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jan 1, 1955
dec 31, 1965
~ 11 years