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

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.