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GeoffLawes Any June Songs? (190* d) RE: Any June Songs? 23 Jun 22


SONGS ON THE POOR PEOPLE’S MARCH

19th June ,1968 50,000 people participated in "The Poor Peoples March" organized by Martin Luther King Jr.

Huff Post article about Pete Seeger and The Poor Peoples March    
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-seeger-who-sang-at-s_b_6569200#:~:text=With%20Len%20Chandler%20and%20the,Eyes%20on%20the%20
“With Len Chandler and the Freedom Voices, Seeger compiled a collection of songs that were sung during the march or were inspired by that fateful protest, including "Do What the Spirits Say Do," "Oh, Wallace," "Which Side Are You On?" "Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round," and "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize."
Information about Seeger’s LP ”WNEW's Story of Selma”on Smithsonian Folkways Records site    https://folkways.si.edu/wnews-story-of-selma/african-american-spoken-american-history-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian

”Everybody’s Got a Right to Live”    https://art.poorpeoplescampaign.org/portfolio/everybodys-got-right-live/
”Keep Your Eyes on the Prize”    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ySe0fhYEzk
"Do What the Spirits Say Do "(at Montgomery)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6M02wuzRg
”Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round”    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WxzBbDi0Ok
”Oh, Wallace “    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfItfAgQCGU
”Which Side Are You On? (Civil Rights Version) “    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCDagbTF2U
"Guantanamera" – Pete Seeger (Live at the Poor People's March on Washington, 1968)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACwzOd_bpEE


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