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- Artist:
Various Artists - Release Date: 1994
- Total Time: 149:19
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Folk
Review
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 couple have never before been recorded. ~ Allan Shaw, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Hey, Nelly Nelly | Shel Silverstein, |
Judy Collins | (2:50) |
| Here's to the State of Mississippi (Lyrics) | Phil Ochs | Phil Ochs | (5:52) |
| Ballad of Medgar Evers | (4:28) | ||
| Death of Medgar Evers | Tom Paxton | (4:25) | |
| Only a Pawn in Their Game (Lyrics) | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | (3:30) |
| Too Many Martyrs | Bob Gibson, Phil Ochs | Kim & Reggie Harris | (3:31) |
| Bob Dylan | Peter, Paul and Mary | (2:57) | |
| It Isn't Nice | Malvina Reynolds, Barbara Dane | Judy Collins | (3:06) |
| Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around | Traditional | Julius Lester | (2:16) |
| If I Had a Hammer | Pete Seeger, |
Barbara Dane | (3:04) |
| Going Down to Mississippi | Phil Ochs | Phil Ochs | (3:02) |
| I'm on My Way | Traditional | Barbara Dane | (2:26) |
| Thirsty Boots | Eric Andersen | Eric Andersen | (5:10) |
| Carry It On | Gil Turner | Carolyn Hester | (2:49) |
| Wade in the Water | Traditional | Julius Lester | (3:23) |
| Move on Over | Len Chandler | Len Chandler | (4:42) |
| I'm Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail | Len Chandler | Len Chandler | (3:34) |
| Waves of Freedom | Eric Andersen | Eric Andersen | (6:12) |
| This Little Light of Mine | Traditional | Odetta | (2:10) |
| How Long | Phil Ochs | (3:32) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Movin' It On | Odetta | Odetta | (2:15) |
| Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life | Guy Carawan | Guy Carawan | (3:23) |
| Freedom School | Jack Landron | Jack Landron | (3:32) |
| Song for Ben Chaney | Jack Landron | Jack Landron | (3:05) |
| Goodman, Schwermer and Chaney | Tom Paxton | Tom Paxton | (2:45) |
| Those Three Are on My Mind | Pete Seeger, |
Magpie, |
(3:30) |
| Michael, Andrew and James | Richard Fariña | Mimi Fariña, Richard Fariña | (5:08) |
| I Have Seen Freedom | Si Kahn | Si Kahn | (4:20) |
| Three Young Men | Carolyn Hester | Carolyn Hester | (3:37) |
| In the Mississippi River | (3:35) | ||
| Freedom Is a Constant Struggle | Julius Lester | (4:10) | |
| This May Be the Last Time | Bernice Johnson Reagon | (4:03) | |
| We Will Not Bow Down to Genocide | Len Chandler | (2:45) | |
| You Should've Been Down in Mississippi | Phil Ochs | Magpie | (3:28) |
| Father's Grave | Jack Landron | Jack Landron | (3:18) |
| Mississippi Summer | Si Kahn | Si Kahn | (2:08) |
| Fannie Lou Hamer | Bernice Johnson Reagon | Sweet Honey in the Rock | (5:18) |
| Summer '64/Oh Freedom | (2:46) | ||
| Shadows on the Light | (7:28) | ||
| Ella's Song | Bernice Johnson Reagon | Sweet Honey in the Rock | (5:46) |
