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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We are Soldiers in the Army The Montgomery Improvement Association 02:31

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Keep Your Hand on the Plow The Montgomery Improvement Association 02:11

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This Little Light of Mine The Montgomery Improvement Association 02:12

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You Better Leave Segregation Alone The Nashville Quartet 00:39

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Your Dog Loves My Dog The Nashville Quartet 01:59

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Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round The Freedom Singers 02:30

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I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom Ben Gay 03:37

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Charles Jones and Cordell Reagon 01:46

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Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly Bertha Gober, Rutha Harris, Charles Sherrod, and Jamie Culbreath 02:27

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Up Above My Head Betty Mae Fikes 01:02

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This Little Light of Mine The Freedom Singers 03:46

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Brown Baby Cordell Hull Reagon 01:53

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Which Side are You On? The Freedom Singers 03:46

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I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table Hollis Watkins 01:53

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Mass Meeting and Prayer Hollis Watkins 03:53

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Guide My Feet Dock Reese 02:06

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I'm on My Way Mamie Brown and Carlton Reece 03:41

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Rev. Ralph Abernathy Ralph Abernathy 01:31

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Yes We Want Our Freedom Cleo Kennedey and Carlton Reece 02:23

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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 03:41

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Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do Carlton Reese 02:15

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Get on Board Fannie Lou Hamer and Robert Parris Moses 04:53

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No Danger in the Water Robert Parris Moses 01:23

Medgar Evers Speaking Medgar Wiley Evers 01:10

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Robert Parris Moses 01:10

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We Shall Overcome The Freedom Singers 02:42