Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Baez marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., performed at the 1963 March on Washington, participated in the Selma to Montgomery march and protested racial segregation and violence in Mississippi. She also supported the civil-rights movement through benefit performances and public demonstrations. | Source | |
| She opposed the Vietnam War through demonstrations, public performances and civil disobedience. For approximately ten years, beginning in 1964, she withheld 60% of her income taxes, representing the portion she considered to fund military expenditure. She was arrested in 1967 for protesting military conscription and spent a month in prison. | Source | |
| Baez helped establish Amnesty International chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s, founded Humanitas International and headed its human-rights committee for 13 years. She participated in international human-rights missions, campaigned against torture and the death penalty, and received Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award in 2015. | Source | |
| Baez worked alongside César Chávez and the United Farm Workers, performing at benefit concerts, rallies and union events. One 1966 benefit concert raised $75,000 for the farmworker organising campaign. | Source | |
| Baez performed at benefit concerts opposing California's Proposition 6, the Briggs Initiative, which sought to prohibit openly gay people from teaching in public schools. | Source | |
| 1993 | Baez travelled to war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina at the invitation of Refugees International. She used her public profile to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis. | Source |
| 2025 | Baez publicly called for the closure of abusive US immigration detention facilities, working with Amnesty International to highlight conditions and demand action. | Source |
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