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Smithsonian Folkways archivalContents: God will take care of you ; Jacob's ladder (3:15) -- Steal away ; Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (2:33) -- Come by here (1:16) -- Berlin wall (0:57) -- We shall not be moved (2:03) -- Oh, freedom! (1:13) -- If you miss me from the back of the bus (1:04) -- Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom (1:23) -- Which side are you on? ; Keep your eye on the prize (2:41) -- Everybody...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SELWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSSummary: The story of the American civil rights movement through its music, the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and more, as they fought for justice and equality. Includes new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, archival footage, and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SOU1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOU
Staples, Mavis.
Summary: Legendary singer Mavis Staples gives raw and emotional performances of the songs that served as a soundtrack to the civil rights movement. We'll Never Turn Back promises to be her most personal album to date.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti- 2007