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odinsblog · 1 year

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After a chance encounter at an airport, Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones and music legend Joan Baez sing, "We Shall Overcome," a key anthem of the Black Civil Rights movement.

#politics #justin jones #joan baez #civil rights #black history #tennessee #tennessee three #tennessee 3 #we shall overcome

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theosirianischosen · 5 months

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As the holiday season approaches and you whip out your seasonal music playlists, here’s your annual reminder that this song exists!

#house of anubis #hoa #brad kavanagh #tasie lawernce #we shall overcome #Youtube

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bobdylan-n-jonimitchell · 1 year

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Joan Baez “We Shall Overcome” in concert for the BBC, June 5, 1965.

#Joan Baez #We Shall Overcome #BBC #1965 #1960s #Video #The Civil Rights Movement #Civil Rights Movement

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connieaaa · 9 months

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I have reached the point where I occasionally chant "unionize, unionize" in public...

#sag aftra #union #unionize #solidarity #we shall overcome #unions #unions of America #American ideals #equality #equal pay #ups #strike #wga strike #wga strong #support the wga #keep going #unions for everyone

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effabledisaster · 2 months

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Waste

You and I have something to hide

In this old town, the rot’s a glut

That fuzzes us. Drinks the juice that flows.

Easy to deride, to cut the nose

Shall we still stay all wrapped up?

In nonsense crap I try to map

the new old news, my future views.

Strapped or sapped, I’d tap no doubt

If I could pull my finger out.

And what’s to keep in you and me?

A rage, a right, we won’t give in without a fight

We know to squander would be easy

Squeeze my reason in this city -

Whisper it soft away from light.

When I was young I bit the lemons

Licked and drank and sucked them, down

Citron Pressé my drink of choice

And now I start to raise my voice.

The uncertain smiles with which we strain

Take miles and money to maintain.

And all the while, in piggish pearls, in dirty rain

I’ll tell you a secret I can taste

That you and I won’t go to waste.

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fawnvelveteen · 2 years

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Writer Gloria Steinem sitting cross-legged on floor w. sign We Shall Overcome re pop culture (Photo by Yale Joel/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation)

#Gloria Steinem #writer #We Shall Overcome #Yale Joe #life magazine

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krispyweiss · 3 months

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Bruce Springsteen Re-releases “We Shall Overcome” to Mark MLK Day in United States

- Seeger Sessions Band performance hails from 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival

Bruce Springsteen re-released his 2006 performance of “We Shall Overcome” to mark Martin Luther King Day in the United States.

Backed by the Seeger Sessions Band at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival, Springsteen wrote an all-American arrangement featuring acoustic and pedal-steel guitars; brass; dual violins; upright bass and light percussion; and a chorus of male and female backgrounds to create a celebratory version of the often-a capella song of somber perseverance.

It’s a slow build, from Springsteen solo to full-band participation that seems a deliberate message within a message. For anyone who missed the point, Springsteen elaborated.

“There’s the beautiful quote by Dr. King that says the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” he said in a statement.

“I’ve lived long enough to see that in action and to put some faith in it. I’ve also lived long enough to know that arc doesn’t bend on its own. It needs all of us leaning on it, nudging it in the right direction day after day.”

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#Youtube #bruce springsteen #the seeger sessions band #pete seeger #we shall overcome #martin luther king day #new orleans jazz & heritage festival

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danu2203 · 2 months

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Joan Baez performs "We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washington

#youtube #WE SHALL OVERCOME #JOAN BAEZ

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badhoplite · 4 months

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For those who get discouraged about certain events

#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine #we shall overcome #Youtube

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myimaginaryradio · 10 months

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We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger - 1967

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#pete seeger #we shall overcome #folk #sing along #60s #Youtube

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cuppatealove · 3 months

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Me: Back to schoooooooool survived the summer holidays!!!!! Quiet house I can achieve all the things!!!!! 🌼🎈 🥳🌸💜🌞 💃

My back: Lol nope

#this was after three (3) minutes of vacuuming #awesome #we shall overcome

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heavenboy09 · 3 months

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95 years ago today, a King was born. He was a dreamer…and so much more. He was a defender of those being oppressed and a challenger of oppressors. He was a student of the human condition and a strategist for humane change. He was a teacher, a thinker, a truth teller. King.

My Hero, The Great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You paved the way for all of us. To be Free at last. As you envisioned us to be able to be one with each other and to make a brighter future for our children. When I was little reading a children's book about you. You inspired me by your actions of peace through the words of love and kindness of what we shall be from what we are now. Your Dream Lives On In Me and Billions of others who follow your teachings that have shaped our way of living and our way of life itself. I am honored to make a artwork of you as I hope you know that you made me dream too and 1 day, I hope that we shall be free at last.

For I Too Have A Dream.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty. Free at last.

HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 😇TO YOU IN HEAVEN ABOVE

THE MAN, THE TEACHER, THE LEADER, THE LEGEND, THE HERO

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 🤴🏿👑