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SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference. Volume 36, Freedom concert.

Volume 36: This session is full of the sound and power of movement song. Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the origin of the SNCC Freedom Singers. She introduces a brief video of Cordell Reagon who organized the singers with Charles Sherrod. Many well known activists participate in the session includi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). 50th Anniversary Conference, SNCC Legacy Project, Inc (sponsoring body.), Freedom Singers (SNCC) (Performer), Hot 8 Brass Band (Performer), California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Carawan, Guy (Speaker), Chandler, Len (Speaker), Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- (Speaker), Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (Singer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2011.
Series:SNCC legacy video ; 36.
Subjects:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Songs and music.
African Americans > Music > Social aspects.
Civil rights movements > United States > Songs and music.
Political ballads and songs > United States.
Protest songs > United States.
Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Chants et musique.
Noirs américains > Musique > Aspect social.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Chants et musique.
Chansons politiques > États-Unis.
Chansons contestataires > États-Unis.
African American women civil rights workers.
African Americans.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Political ballads and songs.
Protest songs.
United States.
Streaming videos.
Biographies.
Songs and music.
Nonfiction films.
Streaming video.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Volume 36: This session is full of the sound and power of movement song. Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the origin of the SNCC Freedom Singers. She introduces a brief video of Cordell Reagon who organized the singers with Charles Sherrod. Many well known activists participate in the session including Guy Carawan who introduced "We Shall Overcome" to SNCC in 1960. Folk singer Len Chandler, a regular presence at protests and rallies, explains singing freedom songs: "When you hear something twice, sing it!" Harry Belafonte leads the audience in his famous Banana Boat Song. SNCC's own anthem, "We'll Never Turn Back," written by Georgia activist Bertha Gober, closes out the gathering.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (108 min.)) : sound, color.
Audience:For College; Adult audiences.
Production Credits:Executive producer, SNCC Legacy Project, Inc. ; series and volume editor, Joseph Brandon Johnson.