Sing For Freedom - The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

"Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs" is a moving collection of 26 songs - hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs and prayers - recorded in churches and mass meetings during the early 1960s in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It includes classics like "We Shall Overcome", "This Little Light of Mine", and "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize".

This compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. It is a collection of glorious songs and heartstopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others.

"...there is wonderful singing here, great conviction, and the immediacy of living truth...powerful documentation of the most important social movement of our time."

If you ever need an emotional and spiritual pick-up, then this album is for you. The beauty of these recordings is the courage the speakers and singers had in the danger of what they faced. Hopefully this will inspire listeners to similar courage in the problems they may face today.

Sing Out!

"If you can't run - WALK, and if you can't run - CRAWL, just KEEP MOVING ON!" (Martin Luther King)

Sing For Freedom - The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement

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