• Guy Carawan leads the singing of freedom songs at a mass meeting at Fisk University in Nashville on April 21, 1960. The meeting was held to protest the bombing of the home of African American attorney Z. Alexander Looby. The photographer also identifies Matthew Walker (far left), Peggi Alexander, and John Lewis (far right). Nashville Banner Archives, courtesy of the Nashville Public Library Digital Collection.

Photo of Guy Carawan

From Nothing but Love in God’s Water: Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City by Robert Darden

Subjects
  • Religion
  • General Interest
  • Music
  • History
Date
  • April 21, 1960
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