“We Shall Overcome”: The Evolution of a Song | Teaching with Primary Sources

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Maryland Public Television MPT Teaching with Primary Sources Thinkport primary sources Civil Rights movement civil rights protest music protest songs anthems music history Voting Rights Act LBJ President Johnson Lyndon Johnson we shall overcome folk songs Pete Seeger
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History-Social Science
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“We Shall Overcome”: The Evolution of a Song | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources related to the important Civil Rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome."

Thinking Questions

  • Pick one key word from the song and tell why it was important to the Civil Rights movement.
  • Use the history of the song to tell why it was a good choice to be the anthem for the Civil Rights movement.
  • How did this song bring different groups of people together?
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PBS Learning Media

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