Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection of glorious songs and heartstopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others. "...[T]here is wonderful singing here, great conviction, and the immediacy of living truth...powerful documentation of the most important social movement of our time." — Sing Out!

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Track Listing

101	We Are Soldiers in the Army	Montgomery Improvement Association	02:31
102	Keep Your Hand on the Plow	Montgomery Improvement Association	02:11
103	This Little Light (1)	Montgomery Improvement Association	02:12
104	You Better Leave Segregation Alone	Nashville Quartet from American Baptist Theological Seminary	00:39
105	Your Dog Loves My Dog	Nashville Quartet from American Baptist Theological Seminary	01:59
106	Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around	The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers	02:30
107	I Woke up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom	Rev. Ben Gay	03:37
108	Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (1)	Charles Jones and Cordell Reagon	01:46
109	Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly	Bertha Gober, Rutha Harris, Charles Sherrod, and Jamie Culbreath	02:27
110	Up Above My Head	Betty Mae Fikes	01:02
111	This Little Light (2)	Rutha Harris, Betty Mae Fikes and others	03:46
112	Brown Baby	Cordell Reagon	01:53
113	Which Side Are You On?	Freedom Singers	03:46
114	I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table	Hollis Watkins	01:53
115	Mass Meeting and Prayer	Hollis Watkins	03:53
116	Guide My Feet	Doc Reese and congregation	02:06
117	I'm on My Way	Mamie Brown with Carlton Reece and the Birmingham Movement Choir	03:41
118	Rev. Ralph Abernathy (Speaking)	Rev. Ralph Abernathy	01:31
119	Yes, We Want Our Freedom	Cleo Kennedey and Carlton Reece	02:23
120	Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Speaking)	Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.	03:41
121	Ninety-Nine-and-a-Half Won't Do	Carlton Reese and the Birmingham Movement Choir	02:15
122	Get on Board	Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and Bob Moses	04:53
123	No Danger in the Water	Bob Moses and a Greenwood woman	01:23
124	Medgar Evers Speaking	Medgar Evers	01:10
125	Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (2)	Bob Moses	01:10
126	We Shall Overcome	Freedom Singers	02:42