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Top 10 Civil-Rights Songs
The civil-rights movement has resonated
deeply with generations of musicians.
By Peter RothbergTwitter
April 3, 2018
1. Mavis Staples, We Shall Not Be Moved
2. The Impressions, People Get Ready
3. Sam Cooke, A Change is Gonna Come
4. Nina Simone, Mississippi Goddam
5. Phil Ochs, Here’s to the State of Mississippi
6. Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin’
7. The Roots, Ain’t Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round
8. Gil Scott-Heron, 95 South, All of the Places We’ve Been
9. Sweet Honey in the Rock, Eyes on the Prize
10. The Staple Singers, Freedom Highway
Bonus Track: Otis Spann, Blues for Martin Luther King