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Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Contributor(s): Carawan, Candie (Editor), Carawan, Guy (Editor), Bond, Julian (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781588381934

Publisher: NewSouth Books

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Pub Date: April 1, 2007

Dewey: 782.4209

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.90" L x 7.00" W ( 1.15 lbs) 288 pages

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Description: Two classic collections of freedom songs, We Shall Overcome (1963) and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (1968), are reprinted here in a single edition which includes a major new introduction by the editors, words and music to songs, important documentary photographs, and scores of firsthand accounts by participants in this key movement which reshaped U.S. history.

Brief description: JULIAN BOND has been chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors since February 1998. He is a Distinguished Scholar in the School of Government at American University in Washington, D.C., and a professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia.

Review Quotes: In Sing for Freedom, Guy and Candie Carawan have crafted an invaluable and indispensable guide to the songs that illuminated the soul and spirit of our freedom struggle. This richly illustrated and beautifully written book reveals the inspiring, healing, and liberating power of song in social struggle. It is a major contribution to our heritage and it should be read and treasured by freedom- and justice-loving people everywhere.--Coretta Scott King

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