II DOCUMENTARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON AUTHORIZED RECORDING, PRODUCED BY THE COUNCIL FOR UNITED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERSHIP IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: JOAN BAEZ / PRESIDENT KENNEDY / DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. / MARIAN ANDERSON / ODETTA RABBI JOACHIM PRINZ / BOB DYLAN / WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. / JOHN LEWIS / ROY WILKINS WALTER REUTflER / PETER, PAUL AND MARY / BAYARD RUSTIN / A. PHILIP RANDOLPH fIRST (lAS (lfIHH5HI NOW.' E 185.61 W358 1964 FOLKWAYSRECORDSFD5~2 MUSIC LP PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS RECORD WILL BE USED TO FURTHER THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Council f~r United Civil Rilhb leadership National Urban league WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. Notional Council of Negro Women STEPHEN R. CURRIER N.A.A.C.P. logal Oofen.o and '_Ilal,m.,. N Educational Fund, Inc. Q) on Participatial Or.anizations Congress of Racial Equality on Southern Christ1an leadership Conf.renclt Q Notional Association for the Advancement II. of Colored Pooplo Student Non-Violont Coordinating Committe. en I > • The Council lor United Civil Rights leadership is grateful to the Educational Radio Network lor making its tape recordings available, and to Joan Boez (Vanguard), ~ Marian Anderson (RCA Victor), Odella (RCA Victor), Bob Dylan (Columbia) and Peter, • ...J o Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.) for their cooperotion and support. II. DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ARE INSIDE POCKET COVER DESIGN BY RONALD CLYNE WARN ING: UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF THIS ®©1964 FOLKWAYS RECORDS AND SERVICE CORP. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: R68-463 RECORDING IS PROHIBITED BYFEDERAL LAWANDSUBJECTTO 43 W. 61st ST., N.Y.C., U.S.A. 10023 CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AUTHORIZED RECORDING, PRODUCED BY THE COUNCIL fOR UNITED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERSHIP FOLKWAYS RECORDS Album No. FD 5592 great beacon light or hope to millions of Negro © 1964 by Folkways Records & Service Corp E slaves who had been seared in the flares of with­ 185.61 ering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to 632 Broad~ay, NYC, USA 10012 W358 end the long night of captivity. I NIV M 1964 But one hundred years later the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of WE SHALL OVERCOME segregation am the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely I. Joan Baez - ''We Shall Overcome" island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of MUSIC LP mater:i..aJ. prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American Right here on the stage at present Joan Baez has society and finds himself an exile in his own land. once again gone before the microphones on the So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful podium and is beginning to entertain the vast au­ condition. dience. Let's listen to Joan Baez. In a sense we have come to our Nation's Capital to We shall overcome, we shall overcome, cash a check. When the architects of our Republic We shall overcome some day, wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution Oh, deep in my heart I do believe and tee Declaration of Independence, they were sign­ We shall overcome some day. ing a promissory note to which every American 'Was to fall heir. This note 'Was a promise that all men, We'll walk ham in hand, we'll 'Walk hand in hand yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaran­ We'll 'Walk hand in hand, some day, teed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the Oh, deep in my heart I do believe pursuit of happiness. We shall overcome some day. It is obviqus today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of We are not afraid, we are not afraid, color are concerned. Instead of honoring this We are not afraid today, sacred obligation, America has given the Negro Oh, deep in my heart I do believe people a bad check; a check which has come back We shall overcome some day. marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to be­ lieve that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We We shall overcore, we shall overcome refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds We shall overcore some day, in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe Se we have come to cash this check -- a check that We shall overcore some day. will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this 2. President Kennedy's Press Conference hallowed spot to remind America. of the fierce urgency From an official viewpoint now, President Kennedy of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of made a statement at his press conference of August cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of 21st on what he sees happening on this march, and gradualism. Now is the time to make real the prom­ we thought we'd play the highlight from President ises of Democracy. Now is the time to rise from Kennedy's press conference. the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit p:l.th of rac:i..aJ. justice. Now is the time to "The purpose, of course, is to attempt to bring to life our nation from the quicksands of racial injus­ the attention of the Congress and the country the tice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the strong feeling of the good many thousands of citizens. time to make justice the reality for all of God's August 28th is a chance for a good many people to children. express their feeling, but it's hard for them, a lot It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the of other people to travel, because of money, many urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of of them have jobs, so that I think that what we're talking about is an issue that concerns all of our the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass people, and IJIUst in the final analysis be settled by until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom the Congress and by the Executive Branch working with and equality. 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. 180 million people. This is an effort, however, to Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off bring focus to the strong concern of a good many steam and will now be content will have a rude citizens, so I think as I said before in that tradi­ awakening if the Nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranqUility in Ameri­ tion I meet with t~ leadership in which I think it appropriate that these people and anyone else who ca until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. feels concerned should come to Washington and see The whirlwims of revolt will continue to shake the their Congressmen." (President Kennedy at his Press founiations of our Nation until the bright day of Conference on August 21st.) justice ererges. But there is sorething that I IJIUSt say to my people 3. The Introduction for the Rev. Dr. Mu-tin Luther who stand on the 'Warm threshold which leads into King, Jr. the palace of justice. In the process of gaining "A philosopher of a non-violent system of behavior in our rightful place we IJIUst not be guilty of wrong- seeking to bring about social change for the advance­ ful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst ment of justice am freedom and human dignity, I have for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness the pleasure to present to you Doctor Martin Luther and hatred. We IJIUst forever comuct our struggle King, Jr." on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We A great deal of applauding here, a great deal of 'Wav­ must not allow our creative protest to degenerate ing of placards and signs. A chant begins, more into physical violence. Again and again we IJIUst rise applause, woren are 'Waving han:lkerchiefs, hands are to the majestic heights of reeting physical force with 'Waving as they greet Dr. Martin Ldther King, Jr. soul force. The IIBrvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a "I am happy to join with you today in what will go distrust of all white people, for many of our white down in history as the greatest demonstration for brothers I as evidenced by their presence here today, freedom in the history of our nation. have come to realize that their destiny is tied up Five score years ago, a great American, in whose with our destiny and they have come to realize that symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation their freedom is inextricably bound. to our freedom. Proclamation. This momentous decree care as a We cannot walk. alone. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we to the South with. With this faith we will be able shaD. march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are to hew out the lOOuntain of despair a stone of hope. those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, With this faith we will be able to transform the "wen will you be satisfied?" We can never be satis­ jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful sym­ fied as long as the Negro is the victim of the un­ phony of brotherhood.