(CIVIL RIGHTS) [Jimmie McDonald compiler] CORE Sit In Songs

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) [Jimmie McDonald, compiler.] CORE Sit-In Songs. [2], 21, [1] pages including wrappers. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, minor foxing, a bit of rust at staples; light fold through first 4 leaves. New York, [1961]

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The compiler James Allen "Jimmie" McDonald (1937-2014) was a Black gospel singer and Freedom Rider who contributed 4 of his own songs to this compilation. Others range from Woody Guthrie ("This Land is Your Land") to Bach to Leadbelly, as well as spiritual standards such as "We Shall Overcome." "Fight On" was "written April 1960 by Barbara Broxton, Patricia and Priscilla Stephens while serving 49 days in the Leon County Jail for sitting in at a Woolworth lunch counter." The cover art shows four bars of music, with lunch counter stools in place of notes. The songs are lyrics only, with no music. The pamphlet is undated, but its publication is noted in the 29 May 1961 issue of the Monroe (LA) News-Star.