{"id":576,"date":"2014-01-19T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birminghamrecord.com\/brc\/?p=576"},"modified":"2019-07-03T00:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T06:44:36","slug":"an-audio-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement-1955-1968-heart-soul-of-rock-roll-show-1004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.birminghamrecord.com\/brc\/an-audio-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement-1955-1968-heart-soul-of-rock-roll-show-1004\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Story of the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1968: Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll, Show #1004"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Martin<\/a><\/p>\n

Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/h2>\n

January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968<\/h3>\nhttp:\/\/www.birminghamrecord.com\/brc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BRC-Civil-Rights-2014-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Tribute-.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n


\nLiner Notes<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. “Get Back” – Big Bill Broonzy (circa<\/em> 1950)<\/li>\n
  2. Brown vs. Board of Education (commentary on the ruling, 1954)<\/li>\n
  3. “You Better Leave Segregation Alone”- The Nashville Quartet (Recorded by Willard Electronics in Nashville, 1960)<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Fannie Lou Hamer “Since I went down to register…”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi<\/em>, 1965, Folkways 5593)<\/li>\n
  5. “Keep Your Hand on the Plow” – The Montgomery Improvement Association (Recorded by Folkways in New York, 1963)<\/li>\n
  6. Robert Parris Moses – “Same dog gonna get dogbit…”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi<\/em>, 1965, Folkways 5593)<\/li>\n
  7. “Get On Board, Let’s Fight for Civil Rights”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi<\/em>, 1965, Folkways 5593)<\/li>\n
  8. “We Shall Overcome” – Mahalia Jackson (1960, from The Power and The Glory<\/i>, featuring Percy Faith Orchestra and Choir)<\/li>\n
  9. “For us, the events in Greenwood represented a major breakthrough…” Bob Moses, a young organizer who came south from Harvard (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi<\/em>, 1965, Folkways 5593)<\/li>\n
  10. “If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus” – Peter Seeger (Live, June 8, 1963)<\/li>\n
  11. “Your Dog Loves My Dog” – The Nashville Quartet (Recorded by Willard Electronics in Nashville, 1960)<\/li>\n
  12. Person at Nashville Sit-in “You don’t see us coming to your restaurants…” (1960, from The Nashville Sit-In Story: Songs and Scenes of Nashville Lunch Counter Desegregation)<\/i><\/li>\n
  13. “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table” – Holly Watkins from Mississippi (Recorded live at a festival in West Virginia in 1985)<\/li>\n
  14. “Oh, Wallace” – The Freedom Voices, Pete Seeger (field recording from WNEW’s Story of Selma<\/em>, 1965 Folkways Records)<\/li>\n
  15. “The Freedom Riders” – Harold Jackson & The Jackson Brothers (Edsel Records 787, 1962)<\/li>\n
  16. “Alabama” – John Coltrane (Live at Birdland<\/em>, 1963) \/ JFK – Introduces Civil Rights Legislation (June 11, 1963) \/ MLK – Civil Rights vs. Social Privilege (1963, Press Conference)<\/li>\n
  17. Hold On (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize) – Barbara Dane & Lightning Hopkins (Live, 1964)<\/li>\n
  18. MLK – “We stand on the threshold of a significant breakthrough…” (1963, Press Conference)<\/li>\n
  19. “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke (Written 1963, Recorded January 1964, Released in December 1964, shortly after Cooke’s death on 12\/11\/64)<\/li>\n
  20. MLK – “I have a dream…” (March on Washington; August 28, 1963); Accompanied by John Fahey’s “March! For Martin Luther King” (from The Yellow Princess<\/i>, 1968)<\/li>\n
  21. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” – Nina Simone (from Silk & Soul<\/em>, 1967)<\/li>\n
  22. Radio Free Dixie, clip announcing 16th St Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham, AL (September 1963)<\/li>\n
  23. “We Shall Overcome” – Joan Baez live from Miles College in Birmingham, AL (Live at Miles College, Birmingham, AL; May 1963)<\/li>\n
  24. LBJ – Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964)<\/li>\n
  25. “Times They Are A-Changin” – Bob Dylan (January, 1964)<\/li>\n
  26. “People Get Ready” – The Impressions (1965)<\/li>\n
  27. MLK’s Last Speech – “I have seen the mountain top…” (April 3,1968)<\/li>\n
  28. Bobby Kennedy annouces MLK’s death and find more<\/a> (April 4,1968)<\/li>\n
  29. “Abraham, Martin, and John” – Dion (Laurie Records 3464, 1968)<\/li>\n
  30. “Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King” – Big Maybelle (Rojac Records 121, 1968)<\/li>\n
  31. “Docta King” – Nancy Dupree with Group Of Rochester, NY Youngsters \u200e(Ghetto Reality<\/i>, 1970)<\/li>\n
  32. “Ballad of Martin Luther King” from Sesame Street: Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street<\/em> (1974)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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