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We Shall Overcome

protest song of the Civil Rights Movement in the US
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We Shall Overcome

Summary

We Shall Overcome is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Shall Overcome's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • We Shall Overcome's genre is protest song[4].
  • Among the performers on We Shall Overcome was Joan Baez[5].
  • We Shall Overcome's Commons category is recorded as We Shall Overcome[6].
  • We Shall Overcome's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • We Shall Overcome's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • We Shall Overcome's main subject is racial equality[9].
  • We Shall Overcome's published in is recorded as Rop det ut[10].
  • We Shall Overcome's title is recorded as We Shall Overcome[11].
  • We Shall Overcome's first line is recorded as We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome some day.[12].
  • We Shall Overcome's last line is recorded as Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome some day.[13].
  • We Shall Overcome's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • We Shall Overcome's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on We Shall Overcome was Joan Baez[5].

Publication

We Shall Overcome's language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is protest song[4].

Subject and Themes

We Shall Overcome's main subject is racial equality[9].

Why It Matters

We Shall Overcome ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Joan Baez Pete Seeger public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Ragesoss · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of → musical work/composition
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