CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The undisputed anthem of the civil rights movement has its roots in the Queen City, though it took more than 50 years for the world to recognize it. “We Shall Overcome” is a ...

Credit is finally going where it’s due. The song “We Shall Overcome” has left an indelible mark on American culture. Part gospel hymn, part protest anthem of the civil rights movement, the origin of ...

Sung by a crowd of 250,000 at the 1963 March on Washington, ‘We Shall Overcome” is considered by many activists and historians as the theme song of the Civil Rights Movement. The song has a deep ...

In 1962, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Cincinnati to speak at a banquet for friend and fellow civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth. Hotels were filled, so Shuttlesworth, the pastor of ...

A previous version of this article contained incorrect information about the neighborhood where Louise Shropshire lived. WCPO regrets the error. Sandra Jones Mitchell ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A powerful moment was caught on camera at an upstate New York protest. Officer Armonde “Moe” Badger with the Buffalo Police Department led protesters in the hymn, “We Shall Overcome” ...

Civil rights activist, Louise Shropshire gets her just due decades later. For decades, activists have tried to get Louise Shropshire the credit she deserves for the famous civil rights song ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Echoes of the song “We Shall Overcome” reverberates through the nation at marches, around Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday and during Black History Month. But the ...

While the wave of demonstrations sweeping the world in the wake of George Floyd’s murder will undoubtedly inspire a new generation of protest music, it has also led many to revisit older songs. Some ...