Featuring more than 100 extraordinary photographs, this book not only describes the disturbing details surrounding the misappropriation of We Shall Overcome but also explores the historical attitudes of Black-exploitation, subjugation, and appropriation in America by non-culture-bearers. -Attitudes that enabled such an unthinkable act to occur in the first place and remain unchallenged for more than half a century. Although the US Library of Congress has named, We Shall Overcome "The Most Powerful Song of the 20th Century", Louise Shropshire would die penniless and unrecognized for her historical contribution.