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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1982)
We Shall Overcome We shall We shall Oh, deep We shall overcome, we shall overcome overcome some day, in my heart I do believe overcome some day (Repeat the last two lines after every verse) We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand We’ll walk hand in hand, some day, Black and white together, black and white together Black and white together, some day, The truth will make us free, the truth will make us free, The truth will make us free some day, The Lord will see us through, the Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through some day, We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace, We shall live in peace some day, We are not afraid, we are not afraid, We are not afraid today, The whole wide world around, the whole wide world around The whole wide world around some day, We We Oh, We shall shall deep shall overcome, we shall overcome overcome some day in my heart I do believe overcome some day. "But if physical death is the price that a man must pay to free his children and his white brethren from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing could be more redemptive." — Martin Luther King, Jr. D E M O C R A T IC P A R T Y of O R E G O N Page 8 Section II Portland Observer, January 21, 1982
