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Guy Carawan, American folk musician and musicologist, who introduced the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement, was born on July 28, 1927 (d. 2015). #GuyCarawan
According to Wikipedia, Carawan taught the song to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.
Joan Baez - "We Shall Overcome" (Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger) (1965 June 5, BBC Television Theatre, London)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM39QUiAsoM
Guy Carawan, American folk musician and musicologist, who introduced the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement, was born on July 28, 1927 (d. 2015). #GuyCarawan
Joan Baez - "We Shall Overcome" (Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger) (1963 August 28, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C.)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7akuOFp-ET8