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Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids
A Brief List of Material Relating to Freedom Songs of the Civil
Rights Movement
Compiled by Archive of Folk Culture staff
Publication Date: August 29, 1974
Bikel, Theodore.
"Freedom Songs, From Egypt to Mississippi." Hootenanny, volume
1, number 2, March 1964, pp. 19, 64.
Carawan, Guy and Candie.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Songs of the Freedom Movement.
New York: Oak Publications, 1968
We Shall Overcome. New York: Oak Publications, 1963
Clark, Sam
"Freedom Songs and the Folk Process." Sing Out!, volume 14,
number 1, February-March 1964, pp. 13-14.
Dunson, Josh.
"Freedom Singing Gathering in the Heart of Dixie." Sing Out!,
Volume 14, number 4, September 1964, pp. 34-35.
Greenway, John.
American Folksongs of Protest. Philadelphia: University
of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. Reprint edition, New York: Octagon
Press, 1970. "Negro Songs of Protest," pp. 67-120.
Hille, Waldemar.
"Freedom Songs – Compared to – Union Songs." Et Tu,
number 3, December 1964, pp. [1]-[3].
Lester Julius.
"Freedom Songs in the North." Broadside, number 42, March
30, 1964, pp. [13] – [14]
"The Freedom Singers." Broadside, number
52, November 20, 1964, pp. [7] – [8].
Schwartz, Josephine.
Songs for the March on Washington: August 28, 1963.
N.p.: [1963]
Seeger, Peter.
"The Integration Battle: A 'Singing' Movement (Report from Greenwood, Mississippi)." Broadside,
number 30, August 1963, p. [6].
Shelton, Robert.
"Singing for Freedom: Music in the Integration Movement." Sing
Out!, volume 12, number 5, December-January 1962, pp. 4-7, 12-14, 16-17.
"Rights Theme Has a History of Integration." New
York Times, Tuesday, July 23, 1963, p. 21.
Sherman, Robert.
"Sing a Song of Freedom." Saturday Review, September 28, 1963,
pp. 65-67, 81.
Silber, Irwin.
"He Sings for Integration." Sing Out!, volume 10, number 2,
Summer 1960, pp. 4-7.
Sit-In Songs. [New York]: Congress of Racial Equality,
Inc., 1962.
Tennessee State University and Archives, Manuscript Section,
Archives Division. Registers, number 6: Zilphia
Horton Folk Music Collection. Nashville: Tennessee State
Library and Archives, 1964.
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