Contributed by We Shall Overcome Foundation February is here, and as we take another month-long trip through African American history, we must remember how important it is to share our stories with others. Otherwise, our history will be lost, destroyed and in some cases, even hidden. Stories like that of Cincinnati’s own Louise Shropshire — the original author of what the U.S. Library of Congress has named, “The most powerful song of the 20th century — We Shall Overcome. ” As previously published in The Cincinnati Herald in 2010, Isaias Gamboa, Los Angeles music […]
