Lest We Forget, Vol. 2: Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 - Mass Meeting

(Folkways Records, 1980), 50 mins

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Field of Interest: American Music
Description: Songs played a large role in the movement to close the racial divide in America during the 1960s, and prayers, chants, sermons, and shouts were also fundamental to this task. Guy and Candie Carawan recorded Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Albernathy speaking just after they were arrested for attempting to, as Caucasians, sing in a black church. Armed with only one microphone, they were fortunate enough to be released just in time to record the historic event heard here.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 50 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: American History, Struggle and Protest, Documentary, Spoken Word
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 1980
Subject: American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, American Folk Music, United States and Canada, Bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, September 15, 1963, Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá