Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1964 (FT-3634-3635).

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1964 (FT-3634-3635).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27189077

Recording of a Christmas Concert performance at the Progressive Club on Johns Island, S.C., on 23 December 1964. Performers included the Southern Gates, the Travelling Echoes, and the Moving Star Hall Singers, all African American singing groups of South Carolina; Charlie Scott and Deacon Washington, African American singers of South Carolina; and Mable A. Hillery, African American singer of Georgia.

2 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7240948

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Carawan, Guy, 1927-2015

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Guy Carawan (1927-2015) was a musician and songwriter. He is credited, along with Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger, as one of the authors of the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome....

Scott, Charlie, 1948-

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Moving star hall singers

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Carawan, Candie

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Guy and Candie Carawan, both natives of California, met in 1960 at the Highlander Folk School (now the Highland Research and Education Center) in New Market, Tenn., as participants in the civil rights movement. Married shortly thereafter, the Carawans have since been active as collectors of folklore and folk music, singers, musicians, educators, and socio-political activists. They are best known for their efforts to document and disseminate music associated with the civil rights mov...

Southern Gates (Musical group)

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Washington, Deacon.

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Hillery, Mable A.

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Traveling Echoes (Musical group)

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