Freedom Singers (SNCC)

found: Smithsonian Folkways American roots collection [SR] p1996:label (The SNCC Freedom Singers)

found: BlackPast.org, October 17, 2016(SNCC Freedom Singers (1962-1966); a musical group primarily active between 1962 and 1966, singing “freedom songs” in order to fundraise and organize on behalf of SNCC; consisted of Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson, Rutha Harris, and Charles Neblett, occasionally joined by Bertha Gober, all trained musicians as well as SNCC field secretaries; original group disbanded at the end of 1963, but a second, normally all-male group with a flexible lineup was quickly organized, which was active from 1964 to 1966; since the 1980s, performers from both groups have occasionally reunited under the Freedom Singers moniker) - http://www.blackpast.org/aah/sncc-freedom-singers-1962-1966

found: New Georgia encyclopedia, WWW site, October 17, 2016(Freedom Singers, from Albany [Georgia]; formed in December 1962 under the leadership of SNCC field secretary Cordell Reagon, with Rutha Mae Harris, Bernice Johnson, and Charles Neblett; during the early 1960s the group performed throughout the country to raise funds for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and to inform audiences about the grassroots organizing campaigns expanding in communities across the South; the original group disbanded in 1963 but later incarnations continued to perform under the same name; in 1995 Rutha Mae Harris formed the Albany Civil Rights Museum Freedom Singers, who perform once a month at the museum) - http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/freedom-singers

found: Wikipedia, October 17, 2016(The Freedom Singers; formed in 1962 in Albany, Georgia, to educate communities about civil rights issues through song; originally consisted of Cordell Reagon (tenor), Bernice Johnson Reagon (alto), Charles Neblett (bass), and Rutha Mae Harris (soprano); the group was intrinsically connected to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC))