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During Vietnam, music spoke to both sides of a divided nation

  • Written by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageMusic fans gather for the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' concert at California's Altamont Speedway in 1969.AP Photo

Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of the era’s most popular musicians, from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. According to USA Today, the people...

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