Call of Freedom

During the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s, sixth-grade students at Woodmere Elementary School in Woodmere, NY, recorded a collection of freedom songs and readings from America and foreign lands. Among the tracks are the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” the American national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner,” a recitation of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Free French Partisan song from World War II, and the “Finjan” (Israeli song of independence from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War). The liner notes, introduced by Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, provide song lyrics and the script of the dramatic readings.

Track Listing

101	We Shall Overcome (1) Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	03:08
102	Oh Mary Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	03:33
103	No More Auction Block Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	01:43
104	The Gettysburg Address Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	04:35
105	Oh Freedom Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	01:26
106	The Ink is Black Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	02:18
107	We Shall Overcome (2) Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class	01:28
201	We Shall Overcome (3) John Lewis, Guy Carawan, and singers	01:39
202	Yankee Doodle Pete Seeger	01:36
203	Wearing of the Green Wallace House	01:56
204	Star Spangled Banner Wallace House	01:40
205	Happiness Song (American Indian) Mr. I.D. Taubeneck's demonstration class, Fort Wingate Indian School, New Mexico	01:09
206	French Partisan Song (FFI) Yves Montand	01:29
207	Israeli War of Independence Song (The Finjan) Hillel Raveh	02:36
208	Algerian Freedom Song (FLN) - Nostra Algeria Members of F.L.N. Algerian Choir	02:15
209	Somalian Freedom Song (Alankaa) Abdullah Kershi and Ahmed Sharif	01:53
210	Somalian Freedom Song (Dulkayaga) Abdullah Kershi and Ahmed Sharif	02:36
211	Angola Freedom Song UPA Fighters	01:00
212	Angola Soldiers Song UPA Fighters	01:18