We Shall Overcome
PROTEST SONG OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE US
Lucille Simmons; We shall overcome; We Shall Overcome (song); No More Auction Block For Me; No More Auction Block; Many Thousands Gone; Hum Honge Kaamyab; Hum Honge Kamyab
"We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the American civil rights movement. The song is most commonly attributed as being lyrically descended from "I'll Overcome Some Day", a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley that was first published in 1901.