Everybody says freedom / by Pete Seeger, Robert S. Reiser ; including many songs collected by Guy and Candie Carawan.

Author/creator Seeger, Pete
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©1989.
Descriptionxix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --Songs and music. --History and criticism.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Songs and music.

Other author/creatorReiser, Bob.
Other author/creatorCarawan, Guy.
Other author/creatorCarawan, Candie.
Other author/creatorJackson, Jesse, 1941-2026 writer of foreword.
Contents Foreword / by Jesse Jackson -- Introduction -- A musical note -- Guide my feet while I run this race -- Prologue: Highlander -- Profile: Myles Horton -- We shall overcome -- Part one: The wall. I. 1955: Montgomery, Alabama: "The morning the black man was reborn" -- We are moving on to vict'ry -- Walk together children -- We are soldiers in the army -- Profile: Rosa Parks -- II. 1960: The sit-ins -- I'm gonna sit at the welcome table -- Everybody says freedom -- I love everybody -- Profile: Guy and Candie Carawan -- III. 1961: The freedom rides -- Dog, dog -- I'm on my way -- Hallelujah, I'm a-traveling -- Which side are you on? -- Profile: Bernard LaFayette -- IV. 1961-1962: Albany, Georgia: "Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round" -- If you miss me at the back of the bus -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round -- Over my head I see freedom in the air -- We'll never turn back -- Profile: Cordell Reagon -- Interlude: Telling the story -- Profile: Dottie Zellner -- Profile: Matt Jones -- Demonstrating G.I. -- Profile: Danny Lyon -- Part two: Breaking the wall. V. 1963: The Birmingham movemet. Ninety-nine and a half won't do -- Keep your eyes on the prize -- Ain't a-scared of your jail -- Birmingham Sunday -- Profile: Dorothy Cotton -- VI. May 1963: The freedom march -- Carry it on -- Come by here -- Profile: Bob Zellner -- Been down into the South -- VII. 1963: The Jackson movement: "Mississippi goddam"-- Mississippi goddam -- Oh freedom -- Profile: June Johnson -- VIII. 1961-1964: The Mississippi Delta: "A tremor in the middle of the iceberg" -- Michael row the boat ashore -- Freedom is a constant struggle -- Woke up this morning -- Profile: Sam Block, Willie Peacock, and Hollis Watkins -- Interlude: July 4, 1964, Klan rally -- IX. 1963-1965: Selma, Alabama -- Do what the spirit say do -- This may be the last time -- Oh Wallace -- Right! Right! -- Profile: Bruce Hartford -- Burn, baby, burn -- Interlude: Annie Devine and the congressional challenge -- Profile: Annie Devine -- Part three: Beyond the wall. X. 1966: The Meredith march -- The movement's moving on -- Uncle Tom's prayer -- Ev'rybody's got a right to live -- Interlude: Martin Luther King, Jr.: the power of nonviolence -- XI. 1968: Memphis, Tennessee -- The torn flag -- Epilogue: "This little light of mine" -- This little light of mine -- Profile: Bob Moses -- Jacob's ladder.
Abstract A history of the civil rights movement in songs, pictures, interviews, and recollections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN 88023341
ISBN0393026469
ISBN9780393026467

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