A song a day #2 Few songs serve as noble a purpose as this one. - TopicsExpress



          

A song a day #2 Few songs serve as noble a purpose as this one. As much a part of the Civil Rights movement as Kings Dream speech, this song was shaped musically and lyrically by the many people singing it. The verse we are not afraid was written by a 13-year-old black girl as she lay in the dark with white cops smashing up the room she was lying in. We shall all be free was added by an anti-apartheid fighter on his way to the gallows. See Pete Seeger talk about its history here: youtu.be/N-FmQEFFFko Whenever I hear his beautiful, warm, humane voice, I cant imagine him having a mean-spirited bone in his body.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:34:57 +0000

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