Everybody's Got a Right to Live
Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick

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
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Everybody's Got a Right to Live | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 2:34 | |
102
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We're Gonna Walk the Streets of Washington | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 2:25 | |
103
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You're Just a Laughin' Fool | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:27 | |
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Burn, Baby, Burn | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 4:20 | |
105
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The Fires of Napalm | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:36 | |
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I Can't Take Care of My Family Thisaway | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:00 | |
202
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The Cities Are Burning | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:43 | |
203
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I'm Going Home on the Morning Train | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:59 | |
204
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Washington Zoo | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 1:53 | |
205
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Hands Off Nkrumah | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 3:13 | |
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My Old Missus | Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick | 2:56 |