You may or may not recognize the artists here as this collection compiles field recordings from the '60s south. Hymns, prayers, spirituals and speeches are sequenced here to capture this time and place in history. Songs from the Montgomery Improvement Association, The Nashville Quartet, Betty Mae Fikes, The Freedom Singers and others join speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers and more. Smithsonian-Folkways.
20 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Cleo Kennedy, Carlton Reece
21 Ninety-Nine-And-A-Half Won't Do - Carlton Reece & the Birmingham Movement Choir
22 Get on Board - Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses
23 No Danger in the Water - Bob Moses
24 Medgar Evers Speaking - Bob Moses
25 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize - Bob Moses
26 We Shall Overcome - Cordell, Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, Charles Neblett, Dorothy Cotton, Pete Seeger
You may or may not recognize the artists here as this collection compiles field recordings from the '60s south. Hymns, prayers, spirituals and speeches are sequenced here to capture this time and place in history. Songs from the Montgomery Improvement Association, The Nashville Quartet, Betty Mae Fikes, The Freedom Singers and others join speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers and more. Smithsonian-Folkways.