Carawan, Guy and Candie; Ethel Raim; The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

WE SHALL OVERCOME!: Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement

Oak Publications, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. [4], 112 pp. 12mo, sewn binding in two-tone blue and black printed paper cover. A bit worn, some lightly bent pages. Lovingly illustrated with B/W photos of joyful singers in practice and protest alongside other scenes of the civil rights movement. VERY GOOD. Item #1196

First edition, not stated (all later printings were noted). Notable as the first publication of many of the SNCC adaptations of old Spirituals for the struggle at hand (I.e. “Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on JESUS” now reads “FREEDOM”).

Price: $125.00