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Title
Sing for freedom
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Story of the Civil Rights Movement through its songs
We shall overcome
Freedom is a constant struggle
Type
Text
Monograph
Subject
African Americans--Southern States--Music (LCSH)
Protest songs--Southern States (LCSH)
Gospel music--Southern States (LCSH)
Songs, English--Southern States (LCSH)
Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Portraits
Music
Geographic Coverage
Southern States
United States
Classification
LCC: M1977.C+
DDC: 781.592 S617C2, 2007 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
discography
index
Content
text
Summary
From the Publisher: This new combined edition of We Shall Overcome and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle weaves together the leadsheets of 115 songs, 135 moving documentary photos, and stirring firsthand accounts. Grouped together in chapters on each of the key stages of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, they create a stunning vision of this critical moment in world history. Includes an introduction by the editors, Guy and Candie Carawan. Arranged chronologically, fully indexed.
Table Of Contents
Foreword / Julian Bond
Editor's note on style and organization
Preface to the 2007 edition / Guy and Candie Carawan
Preface to the 1992 edition / Guy and Candie Carawan
Part 1. We Shall Overcome ; Introduction [from the 1963 edition] ; 1960 : Sit-ins, Stand-ins, Wade-ins, Kneel-ins, etc ; 1961 : Freedom rides ; 1961-62 : Albany, Georgia ; 1962-63 : Voter registration ; 1963 : Greenwood, Birmingham
Part 2. Freedom Is A Constant Struggle ; Introduction [from the 1968 edition] ; 1963-64 : I got on my traveling shoes ; 1964 : Freedom is a constant struggle ; I been in the storm so long ; 1963-65 : Oh, Wallace, you never can jail us all
1966-68 : We got the whole world shakin'.
Songs. Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round
Another day's journey
Ballad for Bill Moore
Ballad of Herbert Lee
Balld of the student sit-ins
Battle hymn of the Republic
Battle hymn of the Republic #2
Been down into the South
Berlin Wall
Birmingham Sunday
Bourgeois blues
Bull Connor's jail
Bullyin' Jack-a-diamonds
Burn, baby, burn
Buses are a-comin', oh yes
Careless love
Carry it on
Certainly, Lord
Come and go with me to that land
Come by here
Delta blues
Demonstrating G.I.
Dixie
Dog, dog
Do what the spirit say do
Down on me
Everybody sing freedom
Father's gone
Fighting for my rights
Freedom is a constant struggle
Freedom now
Freedom's comin' and it won't be long
Freedom train a-coming
Frere Jacques
Get on board, little children
Get your rights, Jack
Give me the gourd to drink water
Go ahead
Go down old Hannah
Gonna be a meeting over yonder
Go tell it on the mountain
Great day for me
Guide my feet while I run this race
Hallelujah I'm a-travelin'
Hammer song
Hard travelin'
How did you feel?
Hully gully
I ain't scared a'your jail
I been in the storm so long
I don't want to be lost in the slums
If you miss me from the back of the bus
I know
I'll be all right
I love everybody
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
I'm on my way to the freedom land
I'm so glad
It isn't nice
I want my freedom
I'm so glad
It isn't nice
I want my freedom
I will overcome
Juba
Keep on pushing
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Lead poison on the wall
Legend of Danville
Mississippi goddam
Move on over
Moving on
Murder on the road in Alabama
Never too much love
Ninety-nine and a half won't do
Nothing but a soldier
Oginga odinga
Oh freedom
Oh Pritchett, oh Kelly
Oh, Wallace (you can never jail us all)
One man's hands
On top of Old Smokey
Over my head
Parchman parodies
People get ready
Prophecy of a SNCC field secretary
Rent strike blues
Right! Right!
Sing till the power of the Lord comes down
Streets of Laredo
Sweet bye and bye
They go wild over me
This little light of mine
This may be the last time
Throw me anywhere, Lord
Travelling shoes
Up over my head
Wade in the water
Walkin' for freedom just like John
We are soldiers
We got a thing going on
We got the whole world shakin'
We'll never turn back
We're gonna march in St. Augustine tonight, my Lord
We shall not be moved
We shall overcome
We've got a job
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Whole lot of peoples is strong
Why was the darkie born?
Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom
Yankee Doodle
You'd better leave segregation alone
You should have been there.
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