Baez, Joan

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Baez, Joan

Biography:

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter, and activist. Baez often performed at UNESCO, civil rights, and anti-Vietnam War rallies. During the 1963 March on Washington, she opened the program by singing "Oh Freedom" and also led the crowd in "We Shall Overcome."

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5 items in 3 collections (expand all)

Entertainers performing in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Martin, Spider
Date of Original:: 1965-03-25
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Entertainers performing in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Martin, Spider
Date of Original:: 1965-03-25
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Entertainers performing in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Martin, Spider
Date of Original:: 1965-03-25
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Joan Baez talking to another young woman at the Selma to Montgomery March.

Date of Original:: 1965-03
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Oral history interview with Wolcott Smith, 2001

Creator:: Smith, Woollcott, 1941-
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections