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6-8 Music

For Our Children Too!: To Benefit Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Rhino Records Compact Disc. ASIN: B0000033UA
Various pop-artists sing favorite children’s songs like Puff the Magic Dragon. Benefits from sales go to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Folk Era Productions Compact Disc. ASIN: B00000182V
Songs that defined the Civil Rights era, including some of the most socially significant artists, songs and songwriters of the time.

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Medicine Man Yaya. Teach the Children. Lightyear Entertainment USA Compact Disc. ASIN: B000003TRS
This cassette contains lyrics and music about famous historical figures of the African American culture like Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks. A Tribute to African American History in Song and Poetry.

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Seeger, Pete, Si Kahn and Jane Sapp. Carry It On: Songs of America’s Working People. Flying Fish Records Compact Disc. ASIN: B000000MF2
A collection of 21 labor songs include "Step by Step" and "Harriet Tubman."

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Seeger, Pete. We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert. Sony Compact Disc. ASIN: B0000026V
A live recording from June 8, 1963 headlined, by the songs often sung during civil rights protests of the 1960s. An introduction to folk music, world music, and the American civil rights movement.

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Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs. Smithsonian/Folkway Compact Disc. ASIN: B000001DHL
A collection of songs and speeches by people of courage and drive that will also inspire listeners in the hardships they face.

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