Throughout Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, he makes the upcoming shift in ideology in America appar

Time and time again, Bob Dylan takes a liberal standpoint on the important issues facing America during the charged era of the 60’s. Through his exemplification of the importance of change as well as his call to all Americans to embrace it in “The Times They Are A-Changin’” broadly shows Dylan’s views on a series of rising issue during the time period. His peaceful protest to the war, feminism, and racism spread through his direct prose which swept through the nation, his album The Times They Are A-Changin’, rising to #20 on the billboards at a time in history that was not quite yet open to what was coming. Do to Dylan’s influence along with many other artists, a counter-culture was created in which a shift was implemented across the nation. Likewise, Dylan’s “Hurricane” of the mid 70’s brought out one of many stories of discrimination in this country. Despite the times of change Dylan calls for in the early 60’s, the battle was long and in fact still occurs today. By 1966 it was evident that racism was still strong as seen in Rubin Carter’s case. Bob Dylan’s song released in 1976 helped bring awareness as well as allowing his disapproval to be known through his ironic lyrics. Dylan wrote well over 500 songs, many of which are political. He has personally sold over 58 million solo albums, and his lyrics are heard by many more through multiple covers of his music. Bob Dylan was a voice of change in the 60’s and 70’s as seen through his moving lyrics which showed that he was always fighting for America to be better: to be peaceful, to be equal, and to remain in its youth.

Similarly, Dylan expresses a need for change in racial relations. As exemplified in the Rubin Carter case, many African Americans were still being discriminated against, not only by people on the streets but by means of the government as well. In 1966, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a famous boxer known for his 20 knockouts in the first round, was arrested along with a friend John Artis for a triple murder in a tavern in New Jersey. Despite solid alibis and the fact that the murder weapons were never found, the two were found guilty and sentenced to jail time. There were two important witnesses in the case and both ended up recanting their testimony at a later time. However, Carter and Artis were not released from prison. The two were only freed for a brief period of time in which a second trial sent them right back to prison where they remained until they were released in 1985.

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