Mourners sing 'We Shall Overcome' outside the historic Emanuel AME Church(Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) How did a simple hymn rise to become a world-wide civil rights anthem, described by the US ...

In 1962, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Cincinnati to speak at a banquet for friend and fellow civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth. Hotels were filled, so Shuttlesworth, the pastor of ...

Civil rights activist, Louise Shropshire gets her just due decades later. For decades, activists have tried to get Louise Shropshire the credit she deserves for the famous civil rights song ...

I spoke with someone recently who informed me that it was considered inappropriate, by their racial justice group, for white people to sing the social-justice anthem “We Shall Overcome.” As a ...

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The undisputed anthem of the civil rights movement has its roots in the Queen City, though it took more than 50 years for the world to recognize it. “We Shall Overcome” is a ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --The civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome is now in the public domain as a result of copyright protection settlement. Song publisher Ludlow Music on Friday agreed that the melody and ...

This article was originally published on January 19, 2015. It is one of the most well-known and stirring folk songs in the history of America, perhaps rivaled only by “This Land Is Your Land” in terms ...

The post Dropkick Murphys Cover Protest Anthem “We Shall Overcome”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Dropkick Murphys have shared their version of civil rights protest anthem “We Shall Overcome.” ...

In 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. came to Cincinnati to speak at a banquet for friend and fellow civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth. Hotels were filled, so Shuttlesworth, the pastor of Revelation ...

While the wave of demonstrations sweeping the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of protest music, it has also led many to revisit older songs. Some ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Echoes of the song “We Shall Overcome” reverberates through the nation at marches, around Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday and during Black History Month. But the ...