Hurricane (1976)

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Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released on the 1976 album Desire. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction.[1]

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Reference

  1. "Judge Drops Murder Charges In the Hurricane Carter Case". 27 February 1988. The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2021.