The Freedom Singers were founded in 1962 by Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson (Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon), Charles Neblett and Rutha Mae Harris. During the early 1960s the Freedom Singers, from Albany, performed throughout the country to raise funds for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and to inform audiences about the grassroots organizing campaigns expanding in communities across the South.
Newport Folk Festival 1963
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The Freedom Singers has had 1 concert.
The Freedom Singers is most often considered to be Gospel, Spirituals, Skinhead Reggae, and Spiritual.
The last The Freedom Singers concert was on July 26, 1963 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The bands that performed were: Bob Dylan / Joan Baez / Pete Seeger / Peter, Paul & Mary / The Freedom Singers / Theo Bikel.
The songs that The Freedom Singers performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the July 26, 1963 concert in Providence, Rhode Island, United States:
