Carawan, Guy

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Name (Hebrew)
קרוון, גיא, 1927-
Name (Latin)
Carawan, Guy
Other forms of name
Carawan, Guy, 1927-
קרון, גי, 1927-
קרון, גיא, 1927-
Date of birth
1927
Field of activity
African Americans--Civil rights--Songs and music
Occupation
Folk singers
Folklorists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 107032617
Wikidata: Q5622151
Library of congress: n 82073741
Sources of Information
  • ראה: אנו נתגבר, 1960
  • ראה: http://en.wikipedia.org
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Wikipedia description:

Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. (July 28, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. Carawan is famous for introducing the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement, by teaching it to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. A union organizing song based on a black spiritual, it had been a favorite of Zilphia Horton (d. 1956) wife of the founder of the Highlander Folk School. Carawan reintroduced it at the school when he became its new music director in 1959. The song is copyrighted in the name of Horton, Frank Hamilton, Carawan and Pete Seeger. Carawan sang and played banjo, guitar, and hammered dulcimer. He frequently performed and recorded with his wife, singer Candie Carawan. The couple had two children, Evan Carawan and Heather Carawan. Occasionally Guy was accompanied by their son Evan Carawan, who plays mandolin and hammered dulcimer.

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