- Collection:
- Warren Wilson College Digital Collections
- Title:
- Candie coming to the south, Fisk College (talking)
- Creator:
- Carawan, Guy
- Contributor to Resource:
- Carawan, Candie
Sundale, John - Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Subject:
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)--Employees
African American music
College students--Tennessee--Nashville
Teachers--Tennessee
Music teachers--Tennessee
High school students--Georgia--Atlanta
Paideia School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Interviews--Tennessee--New Market
Civil rights movements--Appalachian Region
Hymns--United States
Racism--United States
Women tobacco workers--Songs and music
Social movements--Southern States
Social reformers--Southern States
Social justice--Southern States
Folk music--Appalachian Region
Protest songs--United States
We shall overcome
Fisk University
Sit-ins - People:
- Carawan, Guy
Carawan, Candie - Location:
- United States, Appalachia, 37.94632, -80.21925
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, 36.17069, -86.77753
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Tennessee, Grundy County, 35.38837, -85.72258
United States, Tennessee, Jefferson County, 36.05099, -83.44631
United States, Tennessee, Jefferson County, New Market, 36.10398, -83.55268
United States, Tennessee, Marion County, Monteagle, 35.24008, -85.8397 - Medium:
- sound recordings
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Guy Carawan and his wife, Candie, talk to a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Guy was an employee of Highlander school where this interview takes place. Candie talks about the origins of the protest song, We Shall Overcome.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/ref/collection/Warren/id/2659
- Additional Rights Information:
- For use in educational purposes only.
- Extent:
- 1 sound file (7 min., 25 sec.)
- Contributing Institution:
- Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)
- Rights:
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