| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010722 010934 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Performer |
Various performers; among the groups and participants named are: SNCC Freedom Singers, Alabama Christian Movement Choir, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bertha Gober, and Willie Peacock. |
| Event |
Recorded at public meetings at various locations and times between 1960 and 1966. |
| Note |
"Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies"--Page [4] of booklet cover. |
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Originally issued on 12-inch vinyl discs by Smithsonian Institution Press (1980 R023). |
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Program notes by Bernice Johnson Reagon, bibliography, and discography (38 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
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Disc 1 subtitle: Mass meetings; disc 2 subtitle: Ensembles. |
| Contents |
Disc I. Mass Meetings. Freedom medley: Freedom chant ; Oh freedom ; This little light of mine (1:56) -- This little light of mine (4:16) -- If you miss me from the back of the bus (3:02) -- Lord, hold my hand while I run this race (2:47) -- Get on board, children (2:07) -- Calypso freedom (6:27) -- Freedom now chant (0:25) -- Oh freedom (3:06) -- Ain' scared of nobody (1:47) -- Leaning on the everlasting arms (1:13) -- Sermon / Rev. Lawrence Campbell (6:35) -- We are soldiers in the army (3:22) -- Go tell it on the mountain (3:00) -- Wade in the water (2:30) -- Come bah yah (5:22) -- Walk with me, Lord (1:34) -- Jesus on the mainline, tell him what you want (3:31) -- Freedom train (4:33) -- Don't you think it's about time that we all be free (3:29) -- We're marching on to freedom land (2:29) -- We shall overcome (3:03) -- Disc II. Ensembles. We'll never turn back (3:28) -- We shall not be moved (2:08) -- Certainly, Lord (2:03) -- Get your rights, Jack (3:47) -- Which side are you on (1:55) -- Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom (2:27) -- Been in the storm so long (3:51) -- Dog, dog (2:30)-- A & P song (2:25) -- Oh Pritchett, oh Kelly (2:12) -- I told Jesus (3:16) -- 99 1/2 won't do (2:26) -- I'm on my way (3:36) -- City called heaven (9:13) -- In the Mississippi River (3:36) -- Ain' gonna let nobody turn me 'round (2:12) -- Will the circle be unbroken (3:06) -- Governor Wallace (2:32) -- Ballad of Medgar Evers (4:28) -- Uncle Tom's prayer (1:07) -- Oginga odinga (2:45) -- We shall overcome (3:20). |
| Summary |
A collection of songs from the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s. |
| Subject |
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Songs and music.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Songs and music.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Songs and music.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Protest songs -- United States.
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Protest songs. |
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African Americans -- Music.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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African Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
sound recordings.
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Protest songs.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Music.
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Protest songs.
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Sound recordings.
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Songs.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- writer of added commentary.
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Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
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| Added Title |
Black American freedom songs, 1960-1966 |
| Standard No. |
093074008423 |
| Music No. |
CD SF 40084 Smithsonian Folkways |
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