Freedom Songs with Starr | Carnegie Hall: Musical Explorers

Introduce your students to Starr and learn about the Staple Singers’ song “Freedom Highway,” which was written in response to the Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, mere days after it took place. Its first performance, which was at the New Nazareth Church in Chicago, was recorded. Roebuck “Pops” Staples introduced the song by saying, “From that march, words were revealed, and a song was composed. And we wrote a song about the freedom marchers. And we call it the ‘Freedom Highway.’ And we’re dedicating this number to all of the freedom marchers.”