Pop, Race, & the 60s episode 1: Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke
b'Bob Dylan\'s "Blowin\' in the Wind" (1963) and Sam Cooke\'s "A Change is Gonna Come" (1964):\\xa0In the first episode of our new\\xa0Pop, Race, and the \\u201960s\\xa0Slate Academy,\\xa0Slate\\xa0pop critic Jack Hamilton talks to Barry Shank, author of\\xa0The Political Force of Musical Beauty, about two immensely famous protest songs. Where did Dylan get the melody for \\u201cBlowin\\u2019 in the Wind\\u201d? What makes \\u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\\u201d so beautiful? And why is Dylan perhaps the most written-about musician of his era while Cooke has been neglected?\\xa0\\nThe first episode of this\\xa0Slate Academy\\xa0is being made available as a special preview. To hear the rest of the series, sign up for\\xa0Slate Plus\\xa0at\\xa0slate.com/popacademy.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'