“The answer, my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind. » These famous lyrics are what brought support to the civil rights movement from a musical perspective. Bob Dylan contributed to the advancement of the civil rights movements in several ways. He wrote songs about the deaths of public figures and strikes during the civil rights movement, and he supported him as a public figure. Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He was born as Robert Allen Zimmerman and later acquired the pseudonym Bob Dylan while performing folk songs at local coffeehouses on his University of Minnesota campus. (Bio) The owner of Ten O'Clock Scholar cafes asked him his name. He and David Lee frantically said Bob Dylan. Dylan said when he was asked, he offered it on the spot. There are many different rumors about how he came up with it, such as whether it is a family name or a character from one of his favorite TV shows. Shortly after playing the coffeehouses, Columbia Records offered him a recording contract to make an album. He accepted it and a year later, he released his self-titled album (Bob Dylan) in March 1962. (Heylin) It was his girlfriend at the time, Suze Rotolo, an artist and civil rights activist, who inspired to write the protest songs. (Audie Cornish) In 1962, Bob began his association with the civil rights movement by singing at benefit concerts. From then on, he began writing songs about the movement. In the summer of 1963, Bob first experienced segregation in Mississippi at a civil rights concert. (Christopher Edwards) Dylan's first Civil Rights Movement song was called "Only A Pawn In Their Game." This song was written in the middle of paper...... in response to tumultuous public events. This freedom allowed Dylan to produce new music and establish himself as a civil rights figure. Movement.In Conclusion Bob Dylan contributed to the progression of the civil rights movement through many popular protest songs and through his involvement as a political figure and musician in helping change the rights of African Americans.Works CitedCornish, Audie . June 12, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2014. Doyle, Jack. Exploring pop history. October 13, 2008. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Edwards, Christopher. “In the misty ruins of time.” Historical Association (nd). Heylin, Clinton. Bob Dylan: Behind the Shadows. New York: Summit Books, 1991. Marqusee, Mike. Red pepper. November 2003. April 21, 2014. Rothschild, Nathalie. The Guardian. March 1, 2011. April 21 2014 .