Sections Search In the World Fighting Segregation with Song CGS lecturer researches civil rights era music that resonates today Cheryl Boots studies the power of music to bring people together for a common cause. She is currently working on a book about the freedom songs of the civil rights movement. Photo by Cydney Scott 02.24.2016 By Kate Becker From “We Shall Overcome” to “Blowin’ in the Wind,” the  of the civil rights movement helped motivate people of all ages and races, from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) activists and Freedom Riders to the thousands who marched on Washington, Selma, and Montgomery. In summer 2015, (GRS’94,’00, STH’14) embarked on a 9,000-mile journey through the American South, interviewing veterans of the civil rights movement about how freedom so
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