John Brown's Body
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"John Brown's Body", originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The s
Original publication of the text of the "John Brown Song" in 1861
Cover of an 1861 sheet music score for "John Brown's Song"
Sheet music for "Brave McClellan is Our Leader Now", with words by Mrs. M.A. Kidder, set to the Glory Hallelujah tune and also including "the famous John Brown's song", 1862
Black soldiers, led by white officers, singing "John Brown's Body" as they march into Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1865
Solidarity Forever
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"Solidarity Forever" is a trade union anthem written in 1915 by Ralph Chaplin promoting the use of solidarity amongst workers through unions. It is sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" and "The Bat
John Brown's Body
…more!" It has since also been adapted to civilian skydiving. The tune was used for perhaps the most well-known labor-union song in the United States, "Solidarity Forever". The song became an anthem of the Industrial Workers of the World and all unions that sought more than workplace concessions, but a world run by those…
Poster for League for Industrial Democracy, designed by Anita Willcox during the Great Depression, showing solidarity with struggles of workers and poor in America
Anarchist banner protest reading "Solidarity forever" in three languages, in Portland, Oregon, United States