Songs of the Day: February 28

February 28:  Today’s Sing Daily post is actually several songs from a recent Black History Month Virtual Concert shared with me by my friend and mentor, Anne Ward Hadden, who taught general music and chorus at Long Lots Elementary School for many years.  Anne wrote:

This new video from the Chicago Children’s Choir is quite moving (and has the lyrics, too!).  I thought maybe you would like to feature the song “We Shall Overcome” (which begins at 48:54 on the video) again as BHM comes to a close this weekend?  

The full video is educational as well as entertaining (and part of it is a request for donations by the CCC), but if you want to skip directly to the songs & poems, use these time stamps to find each song:

SPOTIFY BLACK HISTORY MONTH PLAYLIST