Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1961-1965 (FT-3710-3721).

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1961-1965 (FT-3710-3721).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27207281

Recordings of gospel concerts in New York, Detroit, Charleston, and the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Performers include African-American spiritual singers McKinley Peebles and Bessie Jones; African American gospel groups, including the Society for the Preservation of Spirituals, the Richardson Family, the Moving Star Singers, and the Freedom Singers; and Anglo-American folklorists and singers Alan Lomax and Guy and Candie Carawan.

12 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241423

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

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Freedom Singers (SNCC)

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The Freedom Singers were formed in 1962 in Albany, Georgia, to educate communities about civil rights issues through song. The group was intrinsically connected to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)....

Society for the Preservation of Spirituals

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Moving star hall singers

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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....

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...

Richardson Family (Musical group)

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Peebles, Kinny

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Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984

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