She is best known for helping to transform the song "We Shall Overcome" into a Civil Rights anthem in 1946.
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She is best known for her work with her husband Myles Horton at the Highlander Folk School where she is generally credited with turning such songs as "We Shall Overcome", "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," "We Shall Not Be Moved," and "This Little Light of Mine" from hymns into songs of the Civil Rights movement.
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Other musicians credited with transforming the song are Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger.
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