There is a great example of songs being changed to speak to the moment during the Freedom Rides. When the riders finally got to Mississippi, they were arrested and ended up in Parchman Prison.

Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered ... joined the other incarcerated activists in protest songs, he sang so loudly he was sent to solitary ...

About the Album: World premiere recording of Richard Allen and Taran Gray's score for award-winning NYMF musical. Cast includes Brynn Williams, Anthony Chatmon II, Deon’te Goodman, Payson Lewis ...

he said that when he joined the other incarcerated activists in protest songs, he sang so loudly he was sent to solitary confinement. He was invited on the original Freedom Ride as a ...