Sunday, March 8, 2015

Sunday Drive: We Shall Overcome

The anthem of the Civil Rights Movement has carried the hopes of millions from the streets of Selma to the White House, and beyond.

1. As performed by the SNCC Freedom Singers for an anthology of civil rights songs, 1988:




2. As performed by Joan Baez (who sang the song at the 1963 March on Washington, and participated in the third Selma-Montgomery March in 1965) in concert in the East Room of the White House in 2010:





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