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

Various Artists
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

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Montgomery Improvement Association
02:31
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102
Montgomery Improvement Association
02:11
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103
Montgomery Improvement Association
02:12
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104
Nashville Quartet from American Baptist Theological Seminary
00:39
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105
Nashville Quartet from American Baptist Theological Seminary
01:59
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106
The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers
02:30
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107
Rev. Ben Gay
03:37
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108
Charles Jones and Cordell Reagon
01:46
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109
Bertha Gober, Rutha Harris, Charles Sherrod, and Jamie Culbreath
02:27
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110
Betty Mae Fikes
01:02
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111
Rutha Harris, Betty Mae Fikes and others
03:46
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112
Cordell Reagon
01:53
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113
Freedom Singers
03:46
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114
Hollis Watkins
01:53
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115
Hollis Watkins
03:53
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116
Doc Reese and congregation
02:06
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117
Mamie Brown with Carlton Reece and the Birmingham Movement Choir
03:41
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118
Rev. Ralph Abernathy
01:31
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119
Cleo Kennedey and Carlton Reece
02:23
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120
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
03:41
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121
Carlton Reese and the Birmingham Movement Choir
02:15
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122
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and Bob Moses
04:53
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123
Bob Moses and woman from Greenwood, MS
01:23
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124
Medgar Evers
01:10
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125
Bob Moses
01:10
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126
Freedom Singers
02:42