Boarded the Greyhound Alabama bound
Final stop Bull Connor's town
JFK, what do you say?
Will you be of any help today?
Headed south across the great divide
Freedom Ride
We rode thru Virginia and the Carolinas
Freedom Ride
Rode thru the bullets, we rode thru the fire
Freedom Ride
If we don't reach our destination
What will that say about the nation?
Black and white sittin' side by side
Freedom Ride
Some folks sang, some folks prayed
Freedom Ride
In the trenches we did stay
Freedom Ride
John and Albert they took a beating
The bus is burning, their heads are bleeding
We won't stop till we arrive
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Get on board!
Final stop Bull Connor's town
JFK, what do you say?
Will you be of any help today?
Headed south across the great divide
Freedom Ride
We rode thru Virginia and the Carolinas
Freedom Ride
Rode thru the bullets, we rode thru the fire
Freedom Ride
If we don't reach our destination
What will that say about the nation?
Black and white sittin' side by side
Freedom Ride
Some folks sang, some folks prayed
Freedom Ride
In the trenches we did stay
Freedom Ride
John and Albert they took a beating
The bus is burning, their heads are bleeding
We won't stop till we arrive
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Freedom Ride
Get on board!
inviata da Bernart Bartleby - 2/4/2020 - 13:26
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Non credo che il brano risalga agli anni 60 ma che sia abbastanza recente, forse composto appositamente per la colonna sonora dell'ultimo film di Spike Lee, "BLACKkKLANSMAN"
Ancora una canzone sui Freedom Riders, questo il nome del convoglio del CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) che nel 1961 attraversò Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi e Louisiana per denunciare che la segregazione razziale, bandita dalla Corte Suprema degli USA, continuava a persistere. Nonostante i continui, violentissimi attacchi armati da parte di segregazionisti e membri del KKK, i Freedom Riders portarono a termine con successo il loro viaggio a New Orleans.