Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1963 (FT-3641-3655) [manuscript].

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1963 (FT-3641-3655) [manuscript].

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Recordings made in Birmingham, Ala., during the height of the civil rights movement in April and May of 1963, of church services and mass meetings at St. James Baptist Church and the 16th Street Baptist Church, including the African American Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carlton Reece. The Birmingham Movement Choir sang for 40 consecutive nights at mass meetings throughout the city. There is also a recording of a press conference for KPFK, a Birmingham radio station.

15 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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....

Birmingham movement choir

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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)

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St. James Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)

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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...