Joan Baez was born on Staten Island in 1941. Her mother's name was Joan also, and her father's name was Vincent. She spent a part of her childhood in Iraq because her father had a job there. While she was fourteen, her family moved back to the U.S. and lived in California.
While Joan was sixteen, she performed her first act of civil disobedience by refusing to leave her high school during an aid-raid drill. Joan gained strong feelings on nonviolence and civil rights during this time.
After high school, Joan attends Boston University. However, she attended classes inconsistently and soon dropped out to have more time for her now-blossoming singing career. She began singing regularly at clubs and bars. Vanguard Recording noticed her while she was singing at Club 47. She went on to produce her first hit album: "Joan Boaz".
She released many more albums after this, including "Joan Baez in Concert", "Folksingers Round Harvard Square", and "Joan Baez in San Francisco". She also......

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