Hebrew: We Shall Overcome
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Title
Hebrew: We Shall Overcome
Description
Based upon the refrain that slaves sang in the field, “I’ll be all right someday,” Reverend Charles Albert Tindley published ”I’ll Overcome Someday” in 1901. In 1945, workers striking against the American Tobacco Company sang ”We will overcome, and we will win our rights someday.”
The song was brought to the Highlander Folk Center where it was used in workshops where civil rights activists congregated. Later, the Highlander musical director, Zilphia Horton, introduced the song to Pete Seeger who adapted it to its current form.
But it was Guy Caroway, who succeeded Horton as Highlander Folk Center musical director, who led an audience singing “We Shall Overcome” at the founding convention of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The song was brought to the Highlander Folk Center where it was used in workshops where civil rights activists congregated. Later, the Highlander musical director, Zilphia Horton, introduced the song to Pete Seeger who adapted it to its current form.
But it was Guy Caroway, who succeeded Horton as Highlander Folk Center musical director, who led an audience singing “We Shall Overcome” at the founding convention of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Creator
Charles Albert Tindley
Irv Epstein
Irv Epstein
Format
mp3
Language
Hebrew
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Interviewee
Irv Epstein
Location
Israel
Collection
Citation
Charles Albert Tindley
Irv Epstein, “Hebrew: We Shall Overcome,” IWU Global Storytelling, accessed November 21, 2024, https://globalstorytelling.iwudh.reclaim.hosting/cms/items/show/19.
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