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

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

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"South Africa, Free At Last:The Freedom Songs of South Africa and the Civil Rights Movement in America"

Track Listing

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We are Soldiers in the Army The Montgomery Improvement Association 2:31
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102
Keep Your Hand on the Plow The Montgomery Improvement Association 2:11
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103
This Little Light of Mine The Montgomery Improvement Association 2:12
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104
You Better Leave Segregation Alone The Nashville Quartet 0:39
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105
Your Dog Loves My Dog The Nashville Quartet 1:59
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106
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round The Freedom Singers 2:30
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107
I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom Ben Gay 3:37
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108
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Charles Jones and Cordell Reagon 1:46
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109
Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly Bertha Gober, Rutha Harris, Charles Sherrod, and Jamie Culbreath 2:27
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110
Up Above My Head Betty Mae Fikes 1:02
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111
This Little Light of Mine The Freedom Singers 3:46
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112
Brown Baby Cordell Hull Reagon 1:53
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113
Which Side are You On? The Freedom Singers 3:46
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114
I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table Hollis Watkins 1:53
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115
Mass Meeting and Prayer Hollis Watkins 3:53
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116
Guide My Feet Dock Reese 2:06
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117
I'm on My Way Mamie Brown and Carlton Reece 3:41
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118
Rev. Ralph Abernathy Ralph Abernathy 1:31
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119
Yes We Want Our Freedom Cleo Kennedey and Carlton Reece 2:23
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120
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 3:41
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121
Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do Carlton Reese 2:15
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122
Get on Board Fannie Lou Hamer and Robert Parris Moses 4:53
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123
No Danger in the Water Robert Parris Moses 1:23
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124
Medgar Evers Speaking Medgar Wiley Evers 1:10
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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Robert Parris Moses 1:10
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We Shall Overcome The Freedom Singers 2:42

Album Info

Catalog Number

SFW40032

Year(s) Released

1990

Label/Collection

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Genre(s)

African American Music; American History; Historical Song; Struggle & Protest

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American; Anglo-American

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Candie Carawan - Liner Notes Editor
 Guy Carawan - Producer, Recorder, Liner Notes Editor
 Nancy Jean Anderson - Designer
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