Candie Carawan

Candie Carawan
Born
Carolanne Marie Anderson

1939 (age 84–85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materPomona College
Occupation(s)Civil rights activist, singer, author
Years active1960–present
Known forHighlander Research and Education Center
Spouse
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(m. 1961; died 2015)​
Children2 (including Evan Carawan)

Carolanne Marie "Candie" Carawan (née Anderson)[1][2] (born 1939) is an American civil rights activist, singer and author[3] known for popularizing the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement with her husband Guy Carawan in the 1960s.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference king institute stanford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Carawan, Guy; Carawan, Candie (1995). "Singing and Shouting in Moving Star Hall". Black Music Research Journal. 15 (1): 17. doi:10.2307/779320. ISSN 0276-3605. JSTOR 779320.
  3. ^ "Event Sunday in Maryville includes civil rights activists". The Daily Times. Blount County, Tennessee. March 21, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.