Analysis Of Freedom Song

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Oh, Freedom This song is as African American freedom song and it was known during the American Civil Rights Movement. It was performed in 1963. As there was segregation between people, African American used to sing this song as it shows the freedom in the world to come after death (“I’ll be buried in my grave”). They will be free and no one can control them after death (“And go home to my Lord and be free, and be free”). Also, this song was sung as part of the Civil Rights Movement as it shows the end of the segregation and having freedom in the world. It shows how African Americans were treated in the past. There will be “no more segregation”, “ “No more moaning”, and “No more weeping”. After the Civil Rights Movement all of these will be gone and African American will have their rights. As Reed showed it in the reading “Singing Civil Rights The Freedom Song Tradition” that music played a crucial role in the civil rights movement. This song shows how African Americans were united and working to make a …show more content…

It was released in 1965 and it was recorded in the church. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the freedom marches from Selma to Montgomery as the whole song was about marches. The song has extremely powerful lyrics in which it talks about the voting presidential election “I think I voted for right man”. The Reed article and the Freedom Riders film, state how this song might have contributed to the political goals of the Civil Rights Movement. This song contributed to the political goals of the Civil Rights Movement by speaking up in the elections and having a voice to be heard. The song encourages voters as in the film it shows how white and black northerners who bussed to the South to show support for movement and encourage voter. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the freedom as a goal of one of the Civil Rights Movement having a freedom and equality in

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