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Freedom song, the Glossary

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Freedom songs were songs which were sung by participants in the civil rights movement.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 39 relations: A Change Is Gonna Come, Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round, Andrew Young, Billie Holiday, Black Gold (Nina Simone album), Civil rights movement, Civil rights movement in popular culture, Dotdash Meredith, Fannie Lou Hamer, Go Tell It on the Mountain (song), Guy Carawan, Highlander Research and Education Center, How I Got Over, I Shall Not Be Moved, If I Had a Hammer, James Bevel, James Weldon Johnson, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, Lee Hays, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Michele Norris, Mississippi Goddam, Music in the movement against apartheid, Night Train (Oscar Peterson album), Nina Simone, Nina Simone in Concert, NPR Music, Oh, Freedom, Pete Seeger, Racial segregation in the United States, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Sam Cooke, Soundtrack for a Revolution, Strange Fruit, The Welcome Table, This Little Light of Mine, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, We Shall Overcome, Zilphia Horton.

  2. Civil rights movement in popular culture

A Change Is Gonna Come

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Freedom song and a Change Is Gonna Come are civil rights movement in popular culture and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" is a freedom song based on the spiritual "Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Round" and became an American civil rights era anthem.

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Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist.

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

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Black Gold (Nina Simone album)

Black Gold is a live album by American jazz musician Nina Simone recorded in 1969 at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country. Freedom song and civil rights movement are history of African-American civil rights.

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The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts.

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Dotdash Meredith

Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.

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Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer (Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement.

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Go Tell It on the Mountain (song)

"Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song and Christmas carol which was likely derived from the oral tradition, but was originally published by John Wesley Work Jr., although there is some debate over whether he was actually the first to write it.

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Guy Carawan

Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. (July 28, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk musician and musicologist.

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Highlander Research and Education Center

The Highlander Research and Education Center, formerly known as the Highlander Folk School, is a social justice leadership training school and cultural center in New Market, Tennessee.

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How I Got Over

"How I Got Over" is a Gospel hymn composed and published in 1951 by Clara Ward (1924–1973).

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I Shall Not Be Moved

"I Shall Not Be Moved", also known as "We Shall Not Be Moved", is an African-American slave spiritual, hymn, and protest song dating to the early 19th century American south.

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If I Had a Hammer

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.

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James Bevel

James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

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James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist.

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

"Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" is a folk song that became influential during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Freedom song and Keep Your Eyes on the Prize are songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Lee Hays

Lee Elhardt Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folk singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers.

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954).

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Michele Norris

Michele L. Norris (born September 7, 1961) is an American journalist.

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Mississippi Goddam

"Mississippi Goddam" is a song written and performed by American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who later announced the anthem to be her "first civil rights song". Freedom song and Mississippi Goddam are songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Music in the movement against apartheid

The apartheid regime in South Africa began in 1948 and lasted until 1994. Freedom song and Music in the movement against apartheid are songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Night Train (Oscar Peterson album)

Night Train is an album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1963 by Verve Records.

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Nina Simone

Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist.

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Nina Simone in Concert

Nina Simone in Concert is an album by the jazz singer Nina Simone.

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NPR Music

NPR Music is a project of National Public Radio, an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization, that launched in November 2007 to present public radio music programming and original editorial content for music discovery.

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Oh, Freedom

"Oh, Freedom" is a post-Civil War African-American freedom song. Freedom song and Oh, Freedom are songs about freedom.

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Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist.

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Racial segregation in the United States

Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring song ranking compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.

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Sam Cooke

Samuel Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter.

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Soundtrack for a Revolution

Soundtrack for a Revolution is a 2009 documentary film written and directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman.

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Strange Fruit

"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. Freedom song and Strange Fruit are history of African-American civil rights and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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The Welcome Table

The Welcome Table (also known as the I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table, or River of Jordan, or I'm A-Gonna Climb Up Jacob's Ladder or God's Going to Set This World on Fire) is a traditional American gospel and African American folk song by an anonymous author, who was likely enslaved. Freedom song and the Welcome Table are songs about freedom and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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This Little Light of Mine

"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s.

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a song by Nina Simone with lyrics by Weldon Irvine. Freedom song and To Be Young, Gifted and Black are songs about racism and xenophobia.

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We Shall Overcome

"We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song that is associated heavily with the U.S. civil rights movement. Freedom song and we Shall Overcome are songs about freedom and songs about racism and xenophobia.

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Zilphia Horton

Zilphia Horton (April 14, 1910 – April 11, 1956) was an American musician, community organizer, educator, Civil Rights activist, and folklorist.

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See also

Civil rights movement in popular culture

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_song

Also known as Civil Rights anthem, Civil Rights anthems, Freedom Songs.