Oxford Town

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"Oxford Town" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that addresses racial injustice and the integration of the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
protest song
song
album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
artist Bob Dylan
associatedWithEvent Ole Miss integration crisis
associatedWithMovement American civil rights movement
associatedWithPerson James Meredith NERFINISHED
chronologicallyFollows Bob Dylan (album) NERFINISHED
chronologicallyPrecedes The Times They Are a-Changin' NERFINISHED
composer Bob Dylan
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre folk
folk rock
protest song
hasCulturalContext early 1960s United States
hasForm strophic song
hasInfluenceOn protest music of the 1960s
hasMusicalStyle acoustic folk
hasReception recognized as an important early Dylan protest song
hasSubject racism in the United States
university desegregation
hasTheme federal intervention in civil rights
violence against civil rights activists
hasTitle Oxford Town NERFINISHED
hasType civil rights song
includedIn Bob Dylan discography NERFINISHED
isInCatalogOf Bob Dylan songs
isWorkBy Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
labelImprint Columbia NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Bob Dylan
medium studio recording
narrativePerspective third-person
partOfAlbum The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
performer Bob Dylan
producer John H. Hammond NERFINISHED
Tom Wilson NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1963
recordingPeriod 1962
recordLabel Columbia Records
releasedOn The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED
setInLocation Oxford, Mississippi NERFINISHED
topic James Meredith NERFINISHED
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
integration of the University of Mississippi
racial injustice
racial segregation in the United States

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