"Soundtrack for a Revolution" is a window into the musical and lyrical soul of civil rights movement. Read the lyrics of the songs that inspired the civil rights movement.

"We sing freedom songs today for the same reason the slaves sang them, because we too are in bondage and the songs add hope to our determination that 'We shall overcome, Black and White together, We ...

Reagon, who died July 16, was one of the powerful singers who helped galvanize the civil rights movement in the 1960s as a member of the Freedom Singers quartet. Originally broadcast in 1988. This is ...

Six decades after the Civil Rights Movement, Rutha Mae Harris, the last surviving member of the Freedom Singers, is continuing to shape how the next generation of leaders in Albany, Georgia are ...

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s is back for its final stretch run (and a brand-new book!). Join The Ringer’s Rob Harvilla as he treks through the soundtrack of his youth, one song (and embarrassing ...

*Apple Music has released “Freedom Songs,” a playlist marking Juneteenth 2026. The collection highlights Black freedom, resilience, and cultural expression through contributions from artists including ...

Juneteenth is not only a historical commemoration; it is also a musical archive. Long before freedom was legally recognized, it was imagined, sung, prayed, whispered, shouted and remembered in song.

The Fourth of July holiday has never symbolized freedom for me, since my ancestors remained enslaved on July 4, 1776. Every year I revisit the story of Frederick Douglass’ speech in 1853, in which he ...

"I do not take freedom lightly, because our freedom has been paid for in the lives of others throughout history," says the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. By Gary Graff Sheryl Crow is launching her next ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is ...

The voice of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer greeted downtown record shop GRAILS’ soundscape Monday, and it wasn’t in the form of speeches, or interviews. It was through song. Hamer’s singing ...