This Little Light of Mine

This article is about the gospel song. For the LZ7 song, see This Little Light. For album by Kyle, see Light of Mine.

"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes, but he never claimed credit for the original version of the song, and researchers at the Moody Bible Institute, where Loes worked, said they have found no evidence that he wrote it.[1][2] It was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, amongst many other activists, in connection with the civil rights movement.[3]

  1. ^ "'This Little Light Of Mine' Shines On, A Timeless Tool Of Resistance". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. ^ "Harry Dixon Loes – Yet Another Unitarian Universalist". www.danielharper.org. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. ^ "Did you know 'This Little Light of Mine' was birthed in the civil rights movement?". www.christianpost.com. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-03.