Sources for the Freedom Project
Each track is youtube linked below and playlisted on Spotify as "Freedom Sounds."
Please consider supporting these artists with a purchase if possible,
or donating to an organization doing service in the spirit of their work.
Please consider supporting these artists with a purchase if possible,
or donating to an organization doing service in the spirit of their work.
- Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn You 'Round (Freedom Singers)
- Buses Are A-Comin' (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
- Ella's Song (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
- Eyes on the Prize (Mavis Staples)
- Freedom (Beyonce)
- Freedom (Charles Mingus)
- Freedom in the Air (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
- The Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins)
- I'm On My Way (Mamie Brown and Carlton Reece)
- In a Sentimental Mood (John Coltrane and Duke Ellington)
- Let Your Hammer Ring (Big Louisiana, Willy Rafus, and Arthur Davis)
- Lord, How Come Me Here (Kathleen Battle and Hubert Laws)
- Oh Freedom (Golden Gospel Singers)
- Prayer for Passive Resistance (Charles Mingus)
- Reverend King (John Coltrane)
- Rosie (Alan Lomax recording from Parchman Penitentiary)
- Spiritual (John Coltrane)
- Steal Away (Mahalia Jackson)
- Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace (Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln)
- Wade in the Water (Soul Stirrers)
- We Are the Ones (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
- We'll Understand it Better Bye and Bye (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
- We Need Another Witness (Prisoners at the Ramsey and Retrieve State Farms)
- We Shall Not Be Moved (Mavis Staples)
- We Shall Overcome (Ben Williams)
- Which Side Are You On (Freedom Singers)
- Woke Up This Morning (Freedom Singers)
- You Ain't Gonna Know Me (Louis Moholo-Moholo)
- You Gotta Move (Mississippi Fred McDowell)
Header Photo: Holding Hands, Patience Zalanga (2014)