[musictlk] Lyrics to a song

[Dancing Dots]

> On 3/3/11, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>> I don't think we can do that--for religious reasons. 

During the civil rights marches of the 60's, I was a little boy.  But I
clearly remember hearing news reports of people singing We Shall Overcome
while marching.  It's a beautiful song that can have multiple
interpretations.  It's a song I like to sing from time to time while sitting
in my living-room at our piano.

In those days, the song focused the determination of one of my own heroes,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on combating the injustice of racism in our
country.  It is comforting and encouraging to know that Dr. King and so many
other people involved in the non-violent struggle that ultimately brought so
much good to our country disagreed with the idea that they could not sing a
certain song in public.  I thank God that we still live in the United States
of America where we have freedom of religion and not freedom from religion.
We are still free to say or to sing what we like in private or in public.  

Sincerely,
Bill 


Bill McCann 
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: 610-783-6692


-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Marion Gwizdala
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 7:10 AM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Lyrics to a song

Joshua,
    We are not only "considered" civil rights activists; we *are* civil
rights activists!

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Lyrics to a song


> "We shall overcome." We shall overcome. We shall overcome, someday.
> Deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall overcome, someday. The
> hippies sang this Baptist hymn in the 1960's. It was also sung by
> civil rights activists. We in the NFB could be considered civil rights
> activists, because we're ralleying for the rights of the blind. That
> song would be appropriate for that. Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 3/3/11, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>> I don't think we can do that--for religious reasons.
>>
>> (that's if we're thinking of the same song)
>>
>>
>> On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>>
>>> I think that's all they sang. Thanks. I was thinking though that we
>>> should have sung "We Shall overcome," after Scott LaBarre's speech,
>>> though. Blessings, Joshua