Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

Here in the States it is Martin Luther King Day and so to honor the great man I am posting this inspirational recording of the song 'Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round'. I cannot fathom the kind of strength and courage that people had to have back in those times (and even today in some places) to keep on walking, marching and pushing forward for freedom that is so rightly deserved.

After the music is a video of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream speech'. If you haven't seen it please take the time to watch it at some time.

This recording is taken off the recordings on 'Movement Soul' and here is the background to those recordings from Hearing Voices:

"Beware a revolution that comes singing," someone once said. And these people sang. They also preached, they chanted, they talked. And it was all about one thing: freedom for black people, too long bound in slavery.

Movement Soul is a collection of live recordings from the freedom movement at a peak time: 1963 and 1964. Inspired moments have been chosen from mass meeting's sermons, rallies, demonstrations and individual interviews. Traditionally sung prayers and passionate sayings are intermingled with songs like "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "This Little Light of Mine" and "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round."

Many of the recordings took place at times of heightened emotion, when the community was filled with fear, exhilaration, or defiance. Here's for example, are the program notes on two high points:

"19. Selma Alabama. October 1963. It is nighttime at a mass meeting inside a large church. About 300 people are led in song by a young high school girl named Betty Fikes. The words mean a great deal to Selma residents. JIM CLARK is Sheriff Jim Clark, whose posse stands outside the church just at this moment. The week before, as people were leaving a similar meeting, the posse swinging their clubs chased people off the streets and into their houses. There have been so many demonstrations and so many arrests..."

"36. Americus, Georgia. August 1963. It is afternoon at a mass meeting in a small church. Outside, the Georgia State Highway Patrol is waiting. In the past month, nonviolent demonstrations against white-only policies have filled the jails. Demonstrators bear many bruises. Now, inside the church, a new group of ten young people are about to walk to the courthouse and sit down on the front lawn. The whole church is kneeling. A woman leads them in prayer."

MOVEMENT SOUL is about a total community: its shared dreams and common demands. It is about the power of people.

Download 01_aint_gonna_let_nobody_turn_me_round.mp3

Update-just checked the file and there appears to be issues. If you click the 2nd play/blue button you can hear the track. I will fix this when I get home tonight. Thanks
Fixed.

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