We Shall Overcome
Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement: The Power of Song closes the show with what many see as the anthem of the songs of the Civil Rights Movement, We Shall Overcome. The cast in 2016 included officers from the St. Petersburg Police Department.
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Folk Singers
Bill Schustik, Gisella Monclova and Alan Armstrong represented folk singers who sang songs of the Civil Rights Movement, such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Guy and Candy Carawan and Pete Seeger. The have become regular parts of Sound of the Civil Rights Movement: The Power of Song.
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
I am not my hair
R&B singer Sierra Amora performs "I am not my hair" by India.Aerie.
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What's Goin' On?
National star Reed Shannon sings the Marvin Gaye hit song What's Goin' On as part of a discussion of the troubles of young black men.
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Behind the scenes
R&B singer Sierra Amora and scriptwriter and director September Penn grab a selfie backstage at Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement: The Power of Song.
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Balm in Gilead
Counter tenor Ken Alston Jr. performs Balm in Gilead as dancers from John Hopkins Middle School and Bethel Baptist Community Church follow the choreography of Andrida Hosey.
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How I Got Over
Gospel Singer Corina Smith Grooms performs as Mahalia Jackson on the song How I Got Over.
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey
Photo: Boyzell Hosey