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Baez, Joan

Biography:

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter, and activist. Baez often performed at UNESCO, civil rights, and anti-Vietnam War rallies. During the 1963 March on Washington, she opened the program by singing "Oh Freedom" and also led the crowd in "We Shall Overcome."

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Joan Baez at the Selma-to-Montgomery march. (Photographs)
• Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with Woollcott Smith, 2001 (Oral histories)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
  • CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69) (Newsletters)
  • Dunlap--Mississippi Freedom Project, 1964-1965 (Papers, 1964-1972, 1994; Z: Accessions, M2000-007, Box 2, Folder 5) (Fliers (printed matter))
  • Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Lynd--Missississippi Freedom Schools, 1964 -1965 (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 4, Folder 13) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Nonviolent Agitation Association of College Pupils--Voice of the movement (Newsletters)
  • Smith--COFO correspondence, 1964-1965 (Benjamin E. Smith papers, 1955-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 513, Box 1, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
• Selma to Montgomery : A March for the Right to Vote : A Visual History by Spider Martin (Spider Martin Photograph Collection)