“We Shall Overcome”

Cultural

The best-known song of the civil rights movement. It contains these words: “Deep in my heart I do believe / That we shall overcome some day.”

Example Sentences

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"We shall overcome this evil together."

From Barron's

The final scene of the documentary shows Lewis giving a speech we’ve heard him make before: “We will create the beloved community. We will get there. I still believe we shall overcome.”

From Salon

The civil-rights coin highlighted Bridges on the front and a scene from a civil-rights march on the reverse with the words “we shall overcome.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“We are here because of people who faced outrageous obstacles and still banded together and said we shall overcome.”

From Los Angeles Times

He and other surrounding Democrats began singing the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome," but the session devolved into a screaming match after Johnson finished the reading, according to ABC News.

From Salon

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