| Other author/creator | Hamer, Fannie Lou performer, interviewee, speaker. |
| Other author/creator | Lester, Julius, 1939-2018 interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Moon, Moses, recordist. |
| Included Work | Hamer, Fannie Lou. Speeches. Selections. |
| Variant title |
Fannie Lou Hamer : songs my mother taught me |
| Series |
African American Legacy recordings series
African American legacy recordings series. ^A1054093
|
| Contents |
Precious Lord (6:22) -- On being a sharecropper / Mrs. Hamer, Julius Lester (5:13) -- Run, mourner, run (1:23) -- City called Heaven (3:31) -- All the pretty little horses (1:34) -- I'm gonna land on the shore (2:29) -- Oh Lord, you know just how I feel (4:04) -- I'm going down to the river of Jordan (2:42) -- Jesus is my only Friend (3:03) -- Pick a bale of cotton (:44) -- Keep your lamps trimmed and burning (1:09) -- Walk with me (1:41) -- This little light of mine (3:08) -- Mass meeting speech (5:08) -- Certainly Lord (1:39) -- Woke up this morning (2:36) -- Amazing Grace / John Newton (1:27). |
| Abstract |
"The 20th child of a Mississippi sharecropper family and a commanding voice of the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stood tall against the brutality, indignities and intimidation of implacable racism." --Container. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Duration: 47 min. |
| General note | Program and biographical notes (32 pages : portraits) in English inserted in container. |
| General note | Originally recorded in 1963. |
| Performer |
Fannie Lou Hamer, performer, interviewee ; Julius Lester, interviewer ; Moses Moon, music recorder. |
| Genre/form | Music. |
| UPC |
093074021620 |
| Publisher number | SFW CD 40216 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
