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File Description
| Alt ID: | rand0749 |
| Title: | "We Shall Overcome" |
| Author: | Randall, Herbert, 1936- |
| Subject and Keywords: | Civil rights movements |
| Subject and Keywords: | Civil rights workers |
| Subject and Keywords: | Hattiesburg (Miss.) |
| Subject and Keywords: | Mississippi Freedom Project |
| Subject and Keywords: | Race relations |
| Subject and Keywords: | Randall, Herbert, 1936- |
| Subject and Keywords: | Singing |
| Description: | Local people and volunteers cross arms and join hands to sing the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement "We Shall Overcome" at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of Freedom Summer, 1964. This photo was probably taken after the performance of Martin Duberman's play "In White America" by the Free Southern Theater performers. |
| Publisher: | University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Other Contributors: | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. |
| Date: | (YYYY-MM) 1964-08 (original) |
| Date: | (YYYY-MM-DD) 2001-05-01 (digital reproduction) |
| Resource Type: | Image |
| Format: | (Extent) Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph. |
| Source: | Box 5, Folder 15 M351-749 |
| Relation: | IsPartOf M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. |
| Relation: | IsPartOf the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Coverage: | (Time Period) August 1964 |
| Rights: | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |