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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Oxford Town canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
artist Bob Dylan ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Ole Miss integration crisis ⓘ
associatedWithMovement American civil rights movement ⓘ
associatedWithPerson James Meredith ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Bob Dylan (album) ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes The Times They Are a-Changin' ⓘ
composer Bob Dylan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
hasType civil rights song ⓘ
includedIn Bob Dylan discography ⓘ
isInCatalogOf Bob Dylan songs ⓘ
isWorkBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
labelImprint Columbia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bob Dylan ⓘ
medium studio recording ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
partOfAlbum The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
performer Bob Dylan ⓘ
producer John H. Hammond ⓘ
linked to: John H. Hammond Jr.

Tom Wilson ⓘ
publicationDate 1963 ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1962 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releasedOn The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ
setInLocation Oxford, Mississippi ⓘ
topic James Meredith ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ

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Oxford Town → hasTitle → Oxford Town ⓘ