I was not active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, though I was a member of my hometown's {Atlantic City, New Jersey} junior {high school} NAACP organization. NAACP=National Association For The Advancement of Colored People.

As a member of that organization, I learned some "freedom songs" and participated in several what I now call "mini-marches". During these marches, members of our group walked in a processional on sidewalks in a "Black" section of that town singing songs like "Aint Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" and "Oh, Freedom". I also have memories of standing in a circle at community events and joining hands with the person on either side, and swaying back & forth while singing
"We Shall Overcome." In addition, I have a vague memory of going to a NAACP convention in Newark, New Jersey in 1961 or 1962 and participating in a march in that city in which I joined other teens and adults chanting something or the other-I can't remember what.

The only real civil rights march that I was a part of was the 1963 March on Washington. However, I can't really remember what slogans I chanted or which songs I sang along with the thousands of other people who were there. And I certainly didn't see or hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. What I remember most about the March On Washington was that there were sooo many people there and that the event seemed more festive than anything else, and that a friend of mine and I got lost along trying to find a bathroom. Luckily-I'm not sure how-except by divine intervention-we found our way back to our group.

I'm aware that there are some Mudcat members who were active in the Black American civil rights movement. I'd love it if you would post your memories of the slogans and songs that were used during those times.