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We Shall Overcome (Festival Edition), circa 1959

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Hamilton, Frank Carawan, Guy

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Based on a 1903 gospel version by Reverend Charles Tindley of Philadelphia, and in 1946, the song for striking employees of the American Tobacco Company, "We Shall Overcome" spread through the country as an anthem for southern African American labor unions and civil rights activists in 1959. During the 1960s the song was associated with Joan Baez and the 1969 Woodstock festival and later sung in South Africa during the anti-apartheid movement. Forms part of the Civil Rights Ephemera Collection. 1 sheet music : col. ; 7 x 10.5 in.
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Text Sheet Music Covers
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Nashville Public Library

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Digital Library of Tennessee

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Movements
  4. Folk Songs
  5. Grass Roots Politics
  6. History
  7. Labor
  8. Music
  9. Nonviolence
  10. Popular Culture
  11. Protest Songs
  12. Race Relations
  13. Social Conditions
  14. Songs
  15. Songs And Music
  16. Sources
  17. Southern States
  18. United States

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