The Freedom Singers were a band formed out of Albany, Georgia. The band was started by the Field Secretary of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Cordell Reagon in December 1962. "The Freedom Singers" were made up of 6 members; Founder(s) Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson (Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon), Matthew Jones, Charles Neblett and Rutha Mae Harris.
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“The Cossack eats Poland,
Like stolen fruit;
Her last noble is ruined,
Her last poet mute:
Straight, into double band
The victors divide;
Half for freedom strike and stand;—
The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side.”
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To any one place cover us with song.
Thrush, bluebird, blackbird, sparrow, and robin throng....”
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