Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1962-1963 (FT-3687-3697).

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1962-1963 (FT-3687-3697).

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Recordings relating to the civil rights movement, including concerts, church services, and interviews with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers, including African-American singers Charles Sherrod, Charles Jones, Cordell Reagon, and Blanton Hall; and other African-Americans involved in the civil rights movement, including Susie Ann Price, Charles Wingfield, and Dorothy Colton.

11 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241424

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Reagon, Cordell Hull, 1943-1996

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Cordell Hull Reagon was an American singer and activist. He was the founding member of The Freedom Singers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a leader of the Albany Movement and a Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement....

Sherrod, Charles, 1937-

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Charles M. Sherrod, minister, civil rights activist, and field director for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. From the description of Charles M. Sherrod papers, 1961-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476538 Student. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Sherrod : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122684134 ...

Jones, Charles

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Epithet: of Bristol, soap-boiler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000239 ...

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...

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....

Price, Susie Ann.

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Colton, Dorothy.

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Wingfield, Charles G.

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Hall, Blanton.

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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)....