File:We Shall Overcome - Folk School Version (1948).png

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English: The "Folk School Version" published in a Highlander Folk School songbook called Sing Out Brother in 1948. The lyrics were not copyrighted, and the melody was attributed to an "Old Negro Spiritual".
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Source Source for scan: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/the-most-famous-civil-rights-song-we-shall-overcome-is-no-longer-copyrighted/. Source for original:
Author Based on Negro spiritual hymn, traditional

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