Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. Before he adopted the pseudonym of Bob Dylan around 1959 he went by many other names including Elston Gunn and Robert Allen. Although, he didn’t reach fame until 1961 he was a musician for most of his teen years playing with multiple bands. Bob Dylan was signed to Columbia Records and released his first album Bob Dylan in 1962. Even though Bob Dylan is one of the most widely known musicians of all time, many are unaware of his role in the civil rights movement, his constantly changing style of music, and though he dropped out of college he was awarded two doctorate degrees of music and a Nobel Prize in Literature. First, not many are aware of Bob Dylan’s role