The Protest Music Hall of Fame is an online archival project to draw attention to the artists, songs, and albums that have made considerable contributions to the historical development of protest music.
Here is the list of the inductees. All artists would have had to release their first recordings at least 25 years before eligibility, and songs and album inductees would have to be at least 25 years old. Eventually, there will be write-ups for all the inductees.
Artists
Almanac Singers
Joan Baez
Harry Belafonte
Bikini Kill
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Boogie Down Productions/KRS-One
Billy Bragg
Chumbawamba
The Coup
Crass
Dead Kennedys
Ani DiFranco
Bob Dylan
Marvin Gaye
Gil Scott-Heron
Billie Holiday
Aunt Molly Jackson
Victor Jara
Fela Kuti
The Last Poets
Lead Belly
Tom Lehrer
John Lennon
Ewan MacColl
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Curtis Mayfield
Midnight Oil
Charles Mingus
Phil Ochs
Odetta
Yoko Ono
Utah Phillips
Malvina Reynolds
Paul Robeson
Pete Seeger
Nina Simone
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
System of a Down
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Weavers
Josh White
X-Ray Spex
Albums
Dust Bowl Ballads (1940) – Woody Guthrie
Talking Union & Other Union Songs (1941) – Almanac Singers
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1957) – Odetta
We Insist!: Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (1960) – Max Roach
Bitter Tears: Ballads of The American Indian – Johnny Cash (1964)
The Times They Are a-Changin’ (1964) – Bob Dylan
It’s My Way (1964) – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Nina Simone in Concert (1964) – Nina Simone
I Ain’t Marching Anymore (1965) – Phil Ochs
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) – Johnny Cash
What’s Going On (1971) – Marvin Gaye
Winter in America (1974) – Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
Zombie (1977) – Fela Kuti and Afrika 70
London Calling (1979) – The Clash
By All Means Necessary (1988) – Boogie Down Productions
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) – Public Enemy
The Internationale (1990) – Billy Bragg
Fear of a Black Planet (1990) – Public Enemy
Rage Against The Machine (1992) – Rage Against The Machine
Evil Empire (1996) – Rage Against The Machine
Songs
Le Internationale (1871 lyrics, 1888 music) – Eugène Pottier and Pierre De Geyter
There is Power In a Union (1913) – Joe Hill
Solidarity Forever (1915) – Ralph Chaplin
Strange Fruit (1939) – Billie Holiday
This Land Is Your Land (1940) – Woody Guthrie
Which Side Are You On (1941) – Almanac Singers
We Shall Overcome (1947 & 1963) – Pete Seeger and Joan Baez
Little Boxes (1962) – Malvina Reynolds
Alabama (1963) – John Coltrane
Masters of War (1963) – Bob Dylan
Only a Pawn in Their Game (1964) – Bob Dylan
A Change Is Gonna Come (1964) – Sam Cooke
Universal Soldier (1964) – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Mississippi Goddam (1964) – Nina Simone
People Get Ready (1965) – The Impressions
Eve of Destruction (1965) – Barry McGuire
I Ain’t Marching Anymore (1965) – Phil Ochs
Four Women (1966) – Nina Simone
Respect (1967) – Aretha Franklin
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud (1968) – James Brown
Fortunate Son (1969) – Creedence Clearwater Revival
War Pigs (1970) – Black Sabbath
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970) – Gil Scott-Heron
Working Class Hero (1970) – John Lennon
What’s Going On (1971) – Marvin Gaye
Get Up, Stand Up (1973) – The Wailers
The Pill – Loretta Lynn (1975)
Oh Bondage Up Yours! (1977) – X-Ray Spex
Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys (1980)
Redemption Song (1980) – Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Message (1982) – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Fuck Tha Police (1988) – N.W.A
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (1989) – Public Enemy
Fight The Power (1989) – Public Enemy
911 Is a Joke (1990) – Public Enemy
Killing In The Name (1992) – Rage Against The Machine
Rebel Girl (1993) – Bikini Kill
Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) – Bruce Springsteen
Bulls on Parade (1996) – Rage Against The Machine