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

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Product Description
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. "...there 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!

Tracks:

We Are Soldiers In The Army - Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
Keep Your Hands On The Plow - Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
This Little Light - Mary Ethel Dozier, Minnie Hendrick, Gladys Burnette Carter
You Better Leave Segregation Alone - James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Joseph Carter, Samuel Collier
Your Dog Loves My Dog - James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Joseph Carter, Samuel Collier
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
I Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom - Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize - Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly - Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett
Up Above My Head - Betty Mae Fikes
This Little Light - Betty Mae Fikes
Brown Baby - Betty Mae Fikes
Which Side Are You On? - Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
I'm Gonna Sit At The Welcome Table - Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
Mass Meeting And Prayer - Charles Neblett, Rutha Harris, Cordell Reagon
Guide My Feet - Doc Reese
I'm On My Way - Mamie Brown, Carlton Reece & The Birmingham Movement Choir
Rev. Ralph Abernathy - Mamie Brown, Carlton Reece & The Birmingham Movement Choir
Yes, We Want Our Freedom - Cleo Kennedy, Carlton Reece
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cleo Kennedy, Carlton Reece
Ninety-Nine-And-A-Half Won't Do - Carlton Reece & The Birmingham Movement Choir
Get On Board - Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses
No Danger In The Water - Bob Moses
Medgar Evers Speaking - Bob Moses
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize - Bob Moses
We Shall Overcome - Cordell, Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett, Dorothy Cotton, Pete Seeger

Album Description

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. "...there 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!

Customer Reviews:

Very nice..........2003-01-25

If you're interested in Black History, then you'll love this CD.

Songs and Speeches of hope and Inspiration.......2001-06-06

If you ever need an emotional and spiritual pick-up, then this CD is for you. So much unknownn talent here. The Birmingham Freedom Choir would certainly give Kirk Franklin and Walter Hawkins a run for the money and the Montgomery Movement Singers have a singing style that's haunting in its simplicity. Like Brother Stack (BTW, I'm also a native of Spartanburg, SC, let's hang out and chat about this CD when I'm in town again), I've used this CD in my classes and my students have been moved by MLK's brief address ("If you can't run-WALK, and if you can't run-CRAWL, just KEEP MOVING ON!"). Raplh Abernathy's address is also surprisingly good and while the martyred legend Medgar Evers was not a spellbinding speaker, his sincerity comes through. The beauty of this CD is the courage the speakers and singers had in the danger of what they faced. This will inspire listeners to similar courage in the problems they may face today.

Sing For Freedom.......2001-01-29

I simple love this CD and all of the 26 songs. There is not one throw away song or segment on the CD recording. The CD chronicles the modern day civil rights movement through song from 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, to 1960 and the student lead demonstrations in Nashville, Tenn. to the 1963 Birmingham Mass Meetings. The artist are regional and have a wonderful quality to the singing. A must have...... I play this CD to my high school students every year and they are mesmerized. I play the CD in the teacher's lounge and they all want copies. I used some of the songs on the CD in a talk at my local Unitarian Universalist Church and got a standing ovation. I never tire of listening to the richness of the songs.

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