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The Asbury Park Rebellion

A protest folk song about the July 1970 street protest and youth rebellion for summer jobs by African-American youth in Asbury Park, New Jersey, that was brutally repressed by local police and New Jersey state troopers.

(chorus)
The Asbury Park Rebellion
In the Summer of '70
Suburban whites played music
While cops suppressed Black dreams.

More housing and a police review board.
Jersey's suburban whites
Play music still when they're old
But how Asbury Park's Revolt was crushed
Remains a tale untold. (chorus)