*Guy Carawan, a folk singer and social-justice advocate credited with turning the African-American spiritual “We Shall Overcome” into a unifying anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement, has died at ...

And the folk singer Guy Carawan, who popularized the song “We Shall Overcome” for activists in the civil rights movement, has died at the age of 87. Carawan became music director of the Highlander ...

For the past 40 years, Guy Carawan has been the musical director of the Highlander Research and Education Center, the center for social activism in New Market, Tenn., that has trained everyone from ...

(Reuters) - Guy Carawan, whose rendition of the song "We Shall Overcome" became an anthem of the U.S. civil rights movement, has died at his home in Tennessee, The New York Times reported. He was 87.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Guy Carawan, a folk singer and social-justice advocate credited with turning the African-American spiritual “We Shall Overcome” into a unifying anthem of the 1960s civil rights ...

Editor's note: This is a semi-regular feature that announces the deaths of people who lived in or impacted Santa Monica. Oftentimes the names and information are gathered from the ends of City Council ...

The first time James “Sparky” Rucker met Guy Carawan, the Blount County native was 11 or 12 years old. He’d traveled down to Monteagle, Tenn., the former home of the Highlander Center, and Carawan — ...

Carawan passed away on Saturday (02May15) at his home in Tennessee after a battle with dementia, according to the New York Times. No more details about his death were known as WENN went to press. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – It’s often said that sound and music are powerful forces that can impact the mind, mood, and body. The Civil Rights Movement has been described as “the greatest singing ...