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===1980s and 1990s=== In 1980, Baez was given honorary [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degrees by [[Antioch University]] and [[Rutgers University]] for her political activism and the "universality of her music". In 1983, she appeared on the [[Grammy Awards]], performing Dylan's anthemic "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]", a song she first performed twenty years earlier. Baez also played a significant role in the 1985 [[Live Aid]] concert for African famine relief, opening the U.S. segment of the show in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. She has toured on behalf of many other causes, including [[Amnesty International]]'s 1986 ''[[A Conspiracy of Hope]]'' tour and a guest spot on their subsequent ''[[Human Rights Now!]]'' tour. [[File:Dylan-Baez-Santana.jpg|thumb|right | alt=On stage outdoors, Dylan in a leather jacket and iconic porkpie hat & scarf, Baez wears a peasant skirt, sarape, tassled scarf around neck, her arm around Dylan's shoulder. Santana in workman's shirt & knit cap. | [[Bob Dylan]], Baez, and [[Carlos Santana]], performing in 1984]] Baez found herself without an American label for the release of ''[[Live -Europe '83|Live Europe 83]]'' (1984), which was released in Europe and Canada but not released commercially in the U.S. She did not have an American release until the album ''[[Recently (album)|Recently]]'' (1987) on [[Gold Castle Records]]. In 1987, Baez's second autobiography, called ''And a Voice to Sing With'', was published and became a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]]. That same year, she traveled to the Middle East to visit with and sing songs of peace for Israel and the [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]]. In May 1989, Baez performed at a music festival in [[Communist Czechoslovakia]] called Bratislavská lýra. While there, she met future [[List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak president]] [[Václav Havel]], whom she let carry her guitar so as to prevent his arrest by government agents. During her performance, she greeted members of [[Charter 77]], a dissident human-rights group, which resulted in her microphone being shut off abruptly. Baez then proceeded to sing ''[[a cappella]]'' for the nearly four thousand gathered. Havel cited her as a great inspiration and influence in that country's [[Velvet Revolution]], the revolution in which the Soviet-dominated Communist government there was overthrown. Baez recorded two more albums with Gold Castle: ''[[Speaking of Dreams]]'', (1989) and ''[[Brothers in Arms (Joan Baez album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' (1991). She then landed a contract with a major label, [[Virgin Records]], recording ''[[Play Me Backwards]]'' (1992) for Virgin shortly before the company was purchased by [[EMI]]. She then switched to Guardian, with whom she produced a live album, ''[[Ring Them Bells]]'' (1995), and a studio album, ''[[Gone from Danger]]'' (1997). In 1993, at the invitation of [[Refugees International]] and sponsored by the [[Soros Foundation]], she traveled to the war-torn [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] region of former-[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in an effort to help bring more attention to the suffering there. She was the first major artist to perform in [[Sarajevo]] since the outbreak of the [[Yugoslav wars|Yugoslav civil war]]. In October 1993, Baez became the first major artist to perform in a professional concert presentation on [[Alcatraz Island]] (a former U.S. federal prison) in San Francisco, California, in a benefit for her sister Mimi's Bread and Roses organization. She later returned for another concert in 1996.
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