We Shall Overcome: Documentary of the March on Washington

Folkways Records – FH 5592

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Political, Field Recording, Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 We Shall Overcome: Joan Baez
A02 Press Conference: John F. Kennedy
A03 Complete Speech (I Have A Dream): Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A04 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands: Marian Anderson
B01 Oh! Freedom: Odetta
B02 Complete Speech: Rabbi Joachim Prinz
B03 Ballad Of Medgar Evers: Bob Dylan
B04 Speech: James Farmer
B05 Speech: Whitney M. Young Jr.
B06 Speech: John Lewis
B07 Speech: Roy Wilkins
B08 Speech: Walter Reuther
B09 Hammer Song: Peter, Paul & Mary
B10 The Demands: Bayard Rustin
B11 The Pledge: A. Phillip Randolph
[Credits]
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
On August 28th, 1963, more than 250,000 people from across the United States gathered in Washington DC to join in peaceful protest against racial segregation and demand equal rights legislation from Congress. This radio broadcast, with performances by Joan Baez, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Marian Anderson, and featuring Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I have a dream" speech, documents this pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement, where the nation came together to demand that everyone be "...free at last!" Four-page transcription of broadcast.