Everybody's Got a Right to Live

Singer-songwriters Jimmy Collier and Rev. Frederick Douglass “Kirk” Kirkpatrick (1933‒1987) offer a collection of original songs on civil rights themes in this 1968 recording. Both men were associates of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in April 1968, just prior to the recording of this album. Collier sums up the significance of music’s role in the Civil Rights Movement through this quote in the album’s liner notes: “Music is the easiest way to tell the story of what we’re trying to do; [our] songs are one of the best tools for getting people together.” Included in the notes are biographies of Collier and Kirkpatrick and song lyrics.

Track Listing

101	Everybody's Got a Right to Live	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	02:34
102	Walk the Streets of Washington	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	02:25
103	You're Just a Laughin' Fool	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:27
104	Burn, Baby, Burn	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	04:20
105	The Fires of Napalm	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:36
201	I Can't Take Care of My Family This-A-Way	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:00
202	The Cities Are Burning	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:43
203	Going Home on the Morning Train	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:59
204	Washington Zoo	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	01:53
205	Hands Off Nkrumah	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	03:13
206	My Old Missus Told Me	Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick	02:56