Jamila Jones oral history interview, Library of Congress. 2011. 50min.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery Gospel Trio, helping the Freedom Riders, Highlander Folk Center, "We Shall Overcome," founder of Harambee Singers.
Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome," and founding the Harambee Singers.
Oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 27
Transcript: crmvet.org/nars/jonesjamila_2011.pdf
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