Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom (this version: Freedom Singers)
Adapted from the gospel song "I Woke Up this Morning with My Mind Stayed on Jesus" by Reverend Robert Wesby of Aurora, Illinois, in the Hinds County jail during the freedom rides of the 1960s.
Happy Birthday Song (Stevie Wonder)
Written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1980 to bring attention to the campaign to make Dr. King's birthday a national holiday.
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (this version: Sweet Honey in the Rock)
Adapted from the gospel song "Gospel Plow"
Lift Every Voice And Sing (this version: Aretha Franklin)
Often referred to as the "Black National Anthem," this song was written in 1905James Weldon Johnson and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson for Lincoln's birthday.
Turn Me Round (this version: Mavis Staples)
Adapted from the African American Spiritual "Don't Let Nobody Turn Me Round"
We Shall Overcome (this version: Pete Seeger)
Gospel song embraced by the civil rights movement oft he 1960s.