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Freedom songs : Selma, Alabama.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Benkert, Carl.
Series:
Music online: American song.
Music online: American song
Custom compact disc series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Music.
African Americans.
African Americans--Civil rights--Songs and music.
African Americans--Civil rights.
History.
Alabama--Selma.
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century.
Protest songs--United States.
Protest songs.
United States.
Spirituals (Songs).
Genre:
Songs and music.
Sound recordings.
Songs.
Music.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [200- ?]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
God will take care of you ; Climbing Jacob's ladder (3:12)
Steal away ; Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (2:31)
Come by here (1:15)
Berlin wall (:55) - - We shall not be moved (2:02)
Oh, freedom (1:11)
If you miss me from the back of the bus (1:02)
I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom (1:21)
Which side are you on? ; Boy, keep your eye on the prize (2:40)
Everybody wants freedom (:41)
Freedom now chant (:36)
Go tell it on the mountain ; Which side are you on? (4:30)
Oh, Wallace (3:21)
Get on board (1:35)
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round (1:33)
This little light of mine ; Which side are you on (4:44)
We shall overcome (4:53)
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around ; Freedom ; Wallace (3:26)
Which side are you on, boy? (2:16).
Notes:
"A documentary recording by Carl Benkert"--Notes.
Originally issued in 1965 by Folkways Records FH 5594.
Previously published as compact disc.
Program notes and words of the songs (6 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Smithsonian Folkways: FH 5594; on container: F-5594.
Recorded on site during during civil rights activities in Selma, Alabama, Mar. 15-18, 1965.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
F-5594
FH 5594
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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