Reissued 2009. Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.
Contents:
Jacob's ladder. We shall overcome -- We are moving on to vict'ry -- Walk together children -- We are soldiers in the army -- I'm gonna sit at the welcome table -- Everybody says freedom -- I love everybody -- Dog, dog -- I'm on my way -- Hallelujah, I'm a-traveling -- Which side are you on? -- If you miss me at the back of the bus -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round -- Over my head I see freedom in the air -- We'll never turn back -- Demonstrating G.I. -- Ninety-nine and a half won't do -- Keep your eyes on the prize -- Ain't a-scared of your jail -- Birmingham Sunday -- Carry it on -- Come by here -- Been down into the South -- Mississippi goddam -- Oh freedom -- Michael row the boat ashore -- Freedom is a constant struggle -- Woke up this morning -- Do what the spirit say do -- This may be the last time -- Oh Wallace -- Right! Right! -- Burn, baby, burn -- The movement's moving on -- Uncle Tom's prayer -- Ev'rybody's got a right to live -- This little light of mine -- Jacob's ladder. Foreword / Jesse Jackson -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- A musical note -- Guide my feet while I run this race -- Prologue: highlander -- Profile: Myles Horton -- We shall overcome -- Part one. The wall. I. 1955: Montgomery, Alabama -- 'The morning the black man was reborn.' -- II. 1960: the Sit-ins -- III. 1961: the freedom rides -- IV. 1961-1962: Albany, Georgia -- 'Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around' -- Interlude: telling the story -- Part two. Breaking the wall. V. 1963: the Birmingham movement -- VI. May 1963: the freedom march -- VII. 1963: the Jackson movment -- 'Mississippi Goddam' -- VII. 1961-1964: the Mississippi Delta -- 'a tremor in the middle of the iceberg' -- Interlude: July 4, 1964, Klan Rally -- IX. 1963-1965: Selma, Alabama -- Interlude: Annie Devine and the Congressional challenge -- Part three. Beyond the wall. X. 1966: the Meredith march -- Interlude: Martin Luther King, Jr. -- the power of nonviolence -- XI. 1968: Memphis, Tennessee -- Epilogue: 'this little light of mine' -- More reading, listening, looking, and doing -- Notes -- Index.
Summary:
"In the people's words and the people's songs, Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser have told the story of the people's movement. This is a book you can't just read - you have to sing Everybody Says Freedom"--Julian Bond. "Everybody Says Freedom is a classic portrait of the music of the civil rights movement. Through moving photographs and interviews with leaders in the movement we discover how song inspired a generation of courageous black and white Americans to join hands in building a multiracial society. A beautiful story of the heart that every American should treasure."--William Ferris. "I almost didn't finish reading this book, distracted as I was by the song 'If you miss me at the back of the bus, ' which I never knew I would see or sing again. Singing it conjures up a whole world of resistance and beauty in the South, and voices and faces that have peopled my heart nearly to bursting through every trial of life. These are the stories -- and the songs that go with them -- to take us the next step of the way. And here is Pete Seeger, always turning up to teach us a new song, and helping us sing the song we need."--Alice Walker.
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