Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1963 (FT-3686) [manuscript].

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Guy and Candie Carawan collection, 1963 (FT-3686) [manuscript].

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Recording of the Birmingham Movement Choir, an African American gospel choir active in the civil rights movement. The Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carleton Reece sang for forty consecutive nights at mass meetings held through Birmingham, Ala.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Reece, Carleton.

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Birmingham movement choir

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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....