Sing For Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 1 hour 2 mins

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Field of Interest: American Music
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. "...[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!
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 1 hour 2 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: American History, Negro Spiritual, Hymn, Struggle and Protest
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Producer: Guy Carawan, 1927-2015
Release Date: 1990
Subject: American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, American Folk Music, United States and Canada, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá