Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (1994)

About this title: Developed by Washington, DC, based Cultural Center For Social Change, this collection single-mindedly presents the music of that special historical summer. Artists who have contributed include Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary, Odetta, Tom Paxton, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Phil Ochs, and many others. The 40 songs on this two-CD set cover 2-1/2 hours, The Toledo Blade said, "Playing these two discs of 40 songs over 2-1/2 hours is like curling up with a good history book." Most songs are period recordings, some are freshly recorded for this collection, and a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hey, Nelly Nelly [Silverstein/Friedma]
2. Here's to the State of Mississippi [Ochs]
3. Ballad of Medgar Evers
4. Death of Medgar Evers [Paxton]
5. Only a Pawn in Their Game [Dylan]
6. Too Many Martyrs [Gibson/Ochs]
7. Blowin' in the Wind [Dylan]
8. It Isn't Nice [Dane/Reynolds]
9. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around [Traditional]
10. If I Had a Hammer [Hays/Seeger]
11. Going Down to Mississippi [Ochs]
12. I'm on My Way [Traditional]
13. Thirsty Boots [Andersen]
14. Carry It On [Turner]
15. Wade in the Water [Traditional]
16. Move on Over [Chandler]
17. I'm Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail [Chandler]
18. Waves of Freedom [Andersen]
19. This Little Light of Mine [Traditional]
20. How Long [Ochs]
21. Movin' It On [Odetta]
22. Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life [Carawan]
23. Freedom School [Landron]
24. Song for Ben Chaney [Landron]
25. Goodman, Schwermer and Chaney [Paxton]
26. Those Three Are on My Mind [Seeger/Taylor]
27. Michael, Andrew and James [Farina]
28. I Have Seen Freedom [Kahn]
29. Three Young Men [Hester]
30. In the Mississippi River [Jones]
31. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle [Slavit]
32. This May Be the Last Time
33. We Will Not Bow Down to Genocide [Chandler]
34. You Should've Been Down in Mississippi [Ochs]
35. Father's Grave [Landron]
36. Mississippi Summer [Kahn]
37. Fannie Lou Hamer [Reagon]
38. Summer '64/Oh Freedom [Phillips/Trafidlo]
39. Shadows on the Light [Cohen/Jones]
40. Ella's Song [Reagon]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.