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

arawan, Guy and Candie (compiled and edited by) - signed by Hamish Henderson

ISBN 10: 0865711801 / ISBN 13: 9780865711808

Published by Sing Out Corporation, Bethlehem, PA, 1990

About this Item

1990. 312pp. Hamish Henderson's copy with his signature. 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 115 songs, 135 important documentary photographs, and scores of firsthand accounts by participants in this key movement which reshaped U.S. history. Scottish Folklorist and civil rights campaigner Hamish Henderson's copy with his name and address written towards the bottom of the title page and his initials to the top right. Some superficial wear to the covers but generally in very good condition.

Seller Inventory # hFolkMusic12

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sing for Freedom : The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
• Publisher: Sing Out Corporation, Bethlehem, PA
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865711801
• ISBN 13: 9780865711808
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED COPY
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americas (north&south)
  • SIGNED
  • Music

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Synopsis

softcover

About the Author

Guy and Candie Carawan are the authors of We Shall Overcome and Freedom Is a Constant Struggle. They have been associated with the Highlander Research and Education Center for more than forty years. Throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, the Carawans organized cultural workshops at Highlander and in the field, focused on civil rights, citizenship education in the Sea Islands, and coalfield and environmental organizing in Appalachia.