We shall overcome (originally publishing: New York : Oak Publications, 1963) -- Freedom is a constant struggle (originally publishing: New York : Oak Publications, 1968). We shall overcome. Sit-ins ...

An antebellum family that sang against slavery. Prior to reading this book, why did I know nothing, basically, about the Hutchinson family? And, dear reader, why (in all likelihood) don’t you? I’m a ...

The voice of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer greeted downtown record shop GRAILS’ soundscape Monday, and it wasn’t in the form of speeches, or interviews. It was through song. Hamer’s singing ...

"Soundtrack for a Revolution" is a window into the musical and lyrical soul of civil rights movement, as well as the men and women that used song to give them the strength and solidarity to stand up ...

Award-winning roots musician and folklorist Chris Vallillo will bring his show, “Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement,” to the Helen Plum Library on Monday, Aug. 18. The Civil Rights ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Rutha Mae Harris, the final surviving member of the original Freedom Singers, continues her work in Albany, Georgia, six decades after the Civil Rights Movement. She remains dedicated to showing ...