Imprisonment became a badge of honor for many protestors during the civil rights movement. With the popularization of expressions such as "jail-no-bail" and "ja

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, such songs as "We Shall Overcome," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," and "Do What the Spirit Says Do" were sung at virtually eve

Two classic collections of freedom songs, We Shall Overcome (1963) and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (1968), are reprinted here in a single edition which inclu

Although music is known to be part of the great social movements that have rocked the world, its specific contribution to political struggle has rarely been clo

A profile of the influential leader discusses his successes as a civil rights leader and his role as a husband and father as well as his failures and his unfail