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Joan Baez is a song writer and performer who incorporates social justice issues in her songs and participates and performs in protests. She has been passionate about social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment. With achieving Gold Status on most of her records Baez has reached millions with her lyrics and request of social change. She was friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and participated in various Civil Rights movements he organized. Her song “We Shall Overcome” written by various writers became the civil rights anthem, which she sang at events such as the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. Baez is not afraid to share her opinion; she was strongly against the Vietnam War stating in an interview “I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war." Joan Baez, 1967 Pop Chronicles interview. She supports gay and lesbian rights, attending many protest events over the past decades. More recently in 2013 she joined the Dalai Lama and others in the annual Forum 2000, a conference which promotes human rights.
WE SHALL OVERCOME
JOAN BAEZ
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid, today
Oh, deep in my heart
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
Joan Baez engages the audience in a singalong of "We Shall Overcome" at the White House. "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement" (2010)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yId_ABmtw-w)
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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yId_ABmtw-w)
All images from Google.com
Lyrics from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joanbaez/weshallovercome.html