EXTRA LARGE, TRUE MUSUEM-QUALITY, FINE ART PRINTS, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL, UNPUBLISHED NEGATIVES! This is first generation museum-quality print, direct from the original negative, which was recently discovered as part of a trove of never-before-seen negatives from the 1963 Newport Folk Festival, a seminal moment in the history of activism, pop-culture and general considered to be Bob Dylan’s first major performance. In 1962, two young members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed a gospel vocal quartet named the Freedom Singers. And in 1962, Pete and Toshi Seeger assisted the Freedom Singers in organizing a nationwide collegiate tour. As a result, the civil rights movement became deeply embraced by the folk music community. In 1963, the Freedom Singers performed on the first night of the Newport Folk festival, and on the second night Joan Baez joined SNCC activists and roughly 600 festival-goers on a march through Newport. The crowd walked past the Bellevue Avenue mansions and into Touro Park, where SNCC’s executive secretary James Forman and Freedom Singers leader Cordell Reagon delivered speeches, rallying support for the March on Washington scheduled for the following March. For the final performance on Friday Wein had scheduled Peter, Paul and Mary. But under the persuasion of Albert Grossman, who was managing Peter, Paul and Mary, Wein decided to allow Bob Dylan (whom Grossman was also managing) to close the night. After Peter, Paul and Mary finished their afternoon set, Wein announced that they would reappear at the end of the evening. Dylan performed a set consisting of particularly topical songs: “With God on Our Side”, “Talkin’ John Birch Society Blues”, and “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”. Amidst a “deafening roar of applause” they brought to the stage Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Theo Bikel and the Freedom Singers. The singers stood in a single line facing the audience with crossed arms and clasped hands and began to sing a variation on the Baptist hymn “I’ll Overcome Some Day”. The hymn’s new incarnation – “We Shall Overcome” – had become an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement. This museum quality print is professionally printed on Epson Ultra-Premium professional luster. Paper using Epson Ultrachrome 4D HD ink. Printed directly from the negative. Which is part of our collection of original, never-before-seen, photo negatives of post-war pop culture with a focus on rock and jazz acts, political events, professional sports greats and classic Hollywood icons. And is embossed in the bottom right. Track Page Views With.