Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

Liner Notes

1. “Get Back” – Big Bill Broonzy (circa 1950)
2. Brown vs. Board of Education (commentary on the ruling, 1954)
3. “You Better Leave Segregation Alone”- The Nashville Quartet (Recorded by Willard Electronics in Nashville, 1960)
4. Fannie Lou Hamer “Since I went down to register…”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965, Folkways 5593)
5. “Keep Your Hand on the Plow” – The Montgomery Improvement Association (Recorded by Folkways in New York, 1963)
6. Robert Parris Moses – “Same dog gonna get dogbit…”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965, Folkways 5593)
7. “Get On Board, Let’s Fight for Civil Rights”  (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965, Folkways 5593)
8. “We Shall Overcome” – Mahalia Jackson (1960, from The Power and The Glory, featuring Percy Faith Orchestra and Choir)
9. “For us, the events in Greenwood represented a major breakthrough…” Bob Moses, a young organizer who came south from Harvard (Recorded by Guy Caravan in Mississippi, Date Unknown; taken from The Story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965, Folkways 5593)
10. “If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus” – Peter Seeger (Live, June 8, 1963)
11. “Your Dog Loves My Dog” – The Nashville Quartet (Recorded by Willard Electronics in Nashville, 1960)
12. Person at Nashville Sit-in “You don’t see us coming to your restaurants…” (1960, from The Nashville Sit-In Story: Songs and Scenes of Nashville Lunch Counter Desegregation)
13. “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table” – Holly Watkins from Mississippi (Recorded live at a festival in West Virginia in 1985)
14. “Oh, Wallace” – The Freedom Voices, Pete Seeger (field recording from WNEW’s Story of Selma, 1965 Folkways Records)
15. “The Freedom Riders” – Harold Jackson & The Jackson Brothers (Edsel Records 787, 1962)
16. “Alabama” – John Coltrane (Live at Birdland, 1963) / JFK – Introduces Civil Rights Legislation (June 11, 1963) / MLK – Civil Rights vs. Social Privilege (1963, Press Conference)
17. Hold On (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize) – Barbara Dane & Lightning Hopkins (Live, 1964)
18. MLK – “We stand on the threshold of a significant breakthrough…” (1963, Press Conference)
19. “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke (Written 1963, Recorded January 1964, Released in December 1964, shortly after Cooke’s death on 12/11/64)
20. MLK – “I have a dream…” (March on Washington; August 28, 1963); Accompanied by John Fahey’s “March! For Martin Luther King” (from The Yellow Princess, 1968)
21. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” – Nina Simone (from Silk & Soul, 1967)
22. Radio Free Dixie, clip announcing 16th St Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham, AL (September 1963)
23. “We Shall Overcome” – Joan Baez live from Miles College in Birmingham, AL (Live at Miles College, Birmingham, AL; May 1963)
24. LBJ – Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964)
25. “Times They Are A-Changin” – Bob Dylan (January, 1964)
26. “People Get Ready” – The Impressions (1965)
27. MLK’s Last Speech – “I have seen the mountain top…” (April 3,1968)
28. Bobby Kennedy annouces MLK’s death and find more (April 4,1968)
29. “Abraham, Martin, and John” – Dion (Laurie Records 3464, 1968)
30. “Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King” – Big Maybelle (Rojac Records 121, 1968)
31. “Docta King” – Nancy Dupree with Group Of Rochester, NY Youngsters ‎(Ghetto Reality, 1970)
32. “Ballad of Martin Luther King” from Sesame Street: Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street (1974)

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