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• The Songs Are Free

  Bernice Johnson Reagon and African-American Music

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  In this program, Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and curator of the Community Life Division of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses with Bill Moyers how black music has shaped the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let Freedom Sing

  How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement

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  Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. narrates this dramatic look at the people who raised their voices in song against racism and inequality. Change was in the air, and it was the singers and songwriters of such unforgettable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me

  the African American Sacred Song Tradition

  Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-

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  How do you survive leaving everything you know to try to reconstruct your life and future in a new way? What do you carry with you on your journey to the new place? Migration looms large as a theme in twentieth-century African American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Who Believe in Freedom

  Sweet Honey in the Rock-- Still on the Journey

  Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-

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• Sing for Freedom

  the Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

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  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.

• Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

  Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966

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  This is a two-CD, 43-song compilation of such songs, recorded live in mass meetings in churches between 1960 and 1966. The SNCC Freedom Singers, including in their ranks future Sweet Honey in the Rock mainstay Bernice Johnson Reagon (who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freedom Song

  Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights

  Turck, Mary

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  In this eye-opening account, you'll discover how churches and other groups--from the SNCC Freedom Singers to the Chicago Children's Choir--transformed music both religious and secular into electrifying anthems that furthered the struggle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gullah Spirituals

  the Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands

  Crawford, Eric Sean,

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  "Eric Sean Crawford, associate professor of music and director of the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University, examines the history and diffusion of Gullah spirituals, an important and at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• "When the Spirit Says Sing!"

  the Role of Freedom Songs in the Civil Rights Movement

  Sanger, Kerran L., 1955-

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• The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music

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• We Shall Overcome

  a Song That Changed the World

  Stotts, Stuart, 1957-

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  In clear, accessible language Stuart Stotts explores the roots of the tune and the lyrics in traditional African music and Christian hymns. He demonstrates the key role "We Shall Overcome" played in the civil rights, labor, and anti-war…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Music and Protest in 1968

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  Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968. This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Shall Not Be moved/No Nos Moverán

  Biography of a Song of Struggle

  Spener, David, 1961-

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  The activist anthem "We Shall Not Be Moved" expresses resolve in the face of adversity; it helps members of social movements persevere in their struggles to build a better world. The exact origins of the song are unknown, but it appears to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rise Up and Sing!

  Power, Protest, and Activism in Music

  Warner, Andrea,

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• Freedom Songs

  Moore, Yvette

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• Soundtrack for a Revolution

  Freedom Songs From the Civil Rights Era

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• The Songs Are Free

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• Beah

  a Black Woman Speaks

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• Africans in America

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• Beah

  a Black Woman Speaks

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