When Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant founded Wellesley 150 years ago, higher education for women was a radical idea. “Women can do the work,” said Mr. Durant. “I give them the chance.” He said he ...

Her most famous hymn, "If My Jesus Wills," is the likely source from which folk singer Pete Seeger derived the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" when he first heard it sung by striking ...

Because it’s not just Negroes, but really it’s all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome.” The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reportedly ...

A case full of albums, posters and other memorabilia including ... the same way 22-year-old Baez stepped up to a podium to sing “We Shall Overcome” in 1963. “We want to make sure that ...

we still have bungalows with large gardens ... secure in the fact that one day they will overcome. This is a ‘glamma’s’ wisdom…thank you universe.

The McLean Community Center will honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader with Daniel Sneed and “We Shall Overcome.” The acclaimed Howard University Gospel Choir will also be featured.

“It’s not just us, our kids have also been suffering because of her endless pain. We take him to our protest venues. He is almost six, you can`t expect him to remain patient,” says Ashraf ...

To rally all and sundry for the challenges ahead, he said, “Fellow Ghanaians, we shall overcome our present economic difficulties. The battle is indeed the Lord's." ...

Whether crooning at Carnegie, marching in Selma or dueting with paramour Bob Dylan, she wasn’t just a Time magazine cover subject but a poster ... it turns out, “We Shall Overcome” begins ...

We shall overcome is a promise unfulfilled, for all races discriminating against each other. Protests converting into mini-wars, demonstrations of anger over unjust murders arousing violent acts.

and most probably the original English We Shall Overcome as well. While the lyrics and melody are familiar, most children (and adults) aren’t fully aware of the context behind the song ...