Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966

Item

12 in. x 12 in.;3 LPs
Identifier:
IA.ITM.000313
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Description
3 Records with liner notes.

MASS MEETINGS
Side 1
Freedom medley --
This little light of mine --
If you miss me from the back of the bus --
Lord, hold my hand while I run this race --
Get on board, children --
Calypso freedom --

Side 2
Freedom now chant --
Oh freedom --
Ain' scared of nobody --
We are soldiers in the army --
Leaning on the everlasting arms --
Go tell it on the mountain --
Wade in the water --
Come bah yah --

ENSEMBLES
Side 3
Dog, dog
The A & P song --
Certainly, Lord --
Get your rights, Jack --
Which side are you on? --
Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom --
We'll never turn back --
We shall not be moved --
Oh Pritchett, oh Kelly --

Side 4
99 1/2 won't do --
I'm on my way --
In the Mississippi River --
Ain' gonna let nobody turn me 'round --
Will the circle be unbroken --
Governor Wallace --
Oginga odinga --
We shall overcome --

SONGLEADERS
Side 5
City Called Heaven --
Walk with me, Lord --
Freedom train --
Don't you think it's about time that we all be free --
Ballad of Medgar Evers --
Uncle Tom's Prayer --

Side 6
Jesus on the mainline, tell him what you want --
Sermon --
I told Jesus --
We're marching on to freedom land --
Benn in the storm so long --
We shall overcome

Related people
SNCC Freedom Singers (musician)
Betty Mae Fikes (musician)
Willie Peacock (musician)
Hollis Watkins (musician)
Amanda Bowens Perdew (musician)
Virginia Davis (musician)
Fannie Lou Hamer (musician)
Integration Grooves (musician)
CORE Freedom Singers (musician)
Alabama Christian Movement Choir (musician)
Jimmy Collier (musician)
Cleo Kennedy (musician)
Sam Block (musician)
Mabel Hillary (musician)
Matthew Jones (musician)
Cordell Reagon (musician)
Rev. Lawrence Campbell (contributor)
Bertha Gober (musician)
Carlton Reese (musician)
Bernice Johnson (musician)
Smithsonian Institution (publisher)
Related place
Washington DC (published)
Format
vinyl records (format)