Santa Cruz Peace Chorale-Calypso Freedom

From the May 16, 2009 concert, "Many Voices, One Land; Songs of Peace & Justice in the American Tradition." conducted by Aileen Vance video by Mathilde Rand and Annie Newman for more info: http://members.cruzio.com/~avandlt/SCFPC.html
(1960s) SNCC Singers/Bernice Johnson Reagon/Sweet Honey in the Rock
tune based on Banana Boat song trad., Jamaican
On Mothers' Day, May 14, 1961, a group of black and white CORE youth on a "Freedom Ride" from Washington, DC to New Orleans arrived by bus at the Birmingham Greyhound Bus Terminal. They were riding through the deep south to test a court case, "Boynton vs Virginia," declaring segregation in bus terminals illegal. Here they were met and attacked by a mob of Klansman. The riders were severely assaulted while the police watched, yet the youth stood their ground.

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• Santa Cruz Peace Chorale
• Aileen Vance
• Freedom Riders
• Calypso Freedom

[roisintoolan]

I adore this song, learned it growing up in Seattle. Good version, but pity there's not one of Sweet Honey and the Rock doing it - they were the bomb!

[esmy2010]

my chorus is singin that song