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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oxford Town canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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
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civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
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