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Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: October 15, 2023
Caption: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round marker
Additional Description: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round, I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin', Marchin' on to freedom land.

Freedom Songs
As if reciting a vow, nonviolent protesters sang these lyrics while marching, sitting, or waiting in jails and prisons. The original preached to "you," the listener. Changed during the Civil Rights Movement, this version is about "me," the singer.

Photo: Law enforcement on foot and horseback arrived following the violent white mob attack on Freedom Riders at this bus station in 1961.
Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado via Getty Images.
Submitted: October 15, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p754843
File Size: 2.218 Megabytes

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