I Shall Not Be Moved

For the book of poetry by Maya Angelou, see I Shall Not Be Moved (poetry).

"I Shall Not Be Moved" is an African American spiritual. The song describes how the singer "shall not be moved" because of their faith in God. Secularly, as "We Shall Not Be Moved" it gained popularity as a Civil Rights Movement, protest, and union song.^[1]

In Great Britain in the 1980s the song was attributed to popular British wrestler Big Daddy as his walk-on music which would be greeted by cheers from the fans. "We Shall Not Be Moved" is sung at home matches by supporters of Leicester City Football Club in England's Premier League of Association Football.^[2] ^[3]

Recorded versions

Among others, the following artists recorded I Shall Not Be Moved:

Blind Roosevelt Graves (1929)^[4]
Charley Patton (1929)^[5]
Lonnie Donegan on Lonnie Donegan Showcase (1956)
The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) (1956)
Mississippi John Hurt on "The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt" (1965)
Ella Fitzgerald on Brighten the Corner (1967)
Son House on The Real Delta Blues-14 songs from the man who taught Robert Johnson (1974)
Joan Baez ("No Nos Moverán") on her Spanish-language album (1974)
Johnny Cash on My Mother's Hymn Book (2004)
Mavis Staples on We'll never Turn Back (2007)
Shirley Ann Lee on Songs of Light (2012)
JB Burnett featured in the episode, "The Magnificent Seven," on Supernatural (U.S. TV series).
Public Enemy on Most Of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp
The Seekers, on several albums "50th Anniversary Collection"

References

↑ Wells, Robert V. (2009). Life flows on in endless song: folk songs and American history. University of Illinois Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-252-07650-3.
↑ James, Stuart (17 April 2016). "Leicester supporters ride emotional roller coaster with title in sight". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ "Watford 0 Leicester 1. We shall not be moved!". YouTube. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Complete Recorded Works (1929-1936).
↑ Charley Patton - Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2, late November/early December 1929.

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)

Notable
events
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1954–1959	Brown v. Board of Education Bolling v. Sharpe Briggs v. Elliott Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County Gebhart v. Belton Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company Emmett Till Montgomery Bus Boycott Browder v. Gayle Mansfield school desegregation 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom "Give Us the Ballot" Royal Ice Cream Sit-in Little Rock Nine National Guard blockade Civil Rights Act of 1957 Kissing Case Biloxi Wade-Ins

1960–1963	Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Civil Rights Act of 1960 Gomillion v. Lightfoot Boynton v. Virginia Robert F. Kennedy's Law Day Address Freedom Rides attacks Garner v. Louisiana Albany Movement University of Chicago sit-ins "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Meredith enrollment, Ole Miss riot 1963 Birmingham campaign Children's Crusade Letter from Birmingham Jail Birmingham riot 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Stand in the Schoolhouse Door John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address March on Washington "I Have a Dream" St. Augustine movement "segregation now, segregation forever"

1964–1968	Twenty-fourth Amendment Bloody Tuesday Freedom Summer workers' murders Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches "How Long, Not Long" Voting Rights Act of 1965 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections March Against Fear White House Conference on Civil Rights Chicago Freedom Movement/Chicago open housing movement Memphis Sanitation Strike King assassination funeral riots Poor People's Campaign Civil Rights Act of 1968

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historians

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