I caught myself singing something really weird today. \u00a0The words went like these:<\/p>\n
We shall overcome
\nWe shall overcome
\nWe shall overcome some day<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI then realized that I have absolutely no idea what that is and where do I know it from. \u00a0Wikipedia to the rescue. \u00a0Apparently, these are the lyrics<\/a> from the “We Shall Overcome<\/a>” song.<\/p>\n
“We Shall Overcome” is a\u00a0protest song\u00a0that became a key\u00a0anthem\u00a0of the\u00a0African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955\u20131968). The title and structure of the song are derived from an early\u00a0gospel song, “I’ll Overcome Someday”, by African-American composer\u00a0Charles Albert Tindley. The song was published in 1947 as “We Will Overcome” in the\u00a0People’s Songs Bulletin<\/p>\n
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The song became associated with the Civil Rights movement from 1959, when\u00a0Guy Carawan\u00a0stepped in as song leader at Highlander, which was then focussed on non-violent civil rights activism. It quickly became the movement’s unofficial anthem. Seeger and other famous folksingers in the early 1960s, such as\u00a0Joan Baez, sang the song at rallies, folk festivals, and concerts in the North and helped make it widely known. Since its rise to prominence, the song, and songs based on it, have been used in a variety of protests worldwide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That is very helpful. \u00a0Yet it still doesn’t explain where I know it from. \u00a0I guess it might have been used as background music in a movie that I’ve seen or something like that. \u00a0Because I really doubt that it would resurface from my high school memories, when I learned tonnes of weird stuff.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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