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1963 single by Pete Seeger

"If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus"
Single byPete Seeger
from the albumWe Shall Overcome
Released	1963
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Charles Neblett

"If You Miss Me at The Back of the Bus" was a song written byCharles Neblett and recorded byPete Seeger on his albumWe Shall Overcome in 1963.^[1] The song was written in response to attempts to desegregate a public swimming pool inCairo, Illinois, after a youngAfrican-American man drowned while swimming in a local river due to the pool not allowing any African-Americans to use it.^[2] The song depicts the attitude of the African-American community towards theCivil Rights Movement during the 1960s.^[3] In his book with Bob Reiser,Everybody Says Freedom, Seeger commented that people would improvise new lyrics to the song to reflect on various situations.^[4] The song's popularity grew after it began to be used as one of the anthems for thecivil rights movement.^[5]

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^Sapon-Shevin, Mara (2010).Because We Can Change the World. Corwin Press. p. 217.ISBN 978-1412978385.
^Martin, Bradford (2004).The Theater Is in the Street: Politics and Public Performance in 1960s America. University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 25,41–42.ISBN 1558494588.
^"IF YOU MISS ME FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS"(PDF). olemiss.edu. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2010-09-23. Retrieved5 June 2012.
^Seeger, Pete (2009).Everybody Says Freedom. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 72.ISBN 978-0393306040.
^Young, Ralph (2009).Dissent in America: Voices That Shaped a Nation. Longman. p. 340.ISBN 978-0205605415.

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Prior to 1954	Journey of Reconciliation Executive Order 9981 Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore Sweatt v. Painter (1950) McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950) Baton Rouge bus boycott
1954–1959	Brown v. Board of Education Bolling v. Sharpe Briggs v. Elliott Davis v. Prince Edward County Gebhart v. Belton Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company Read's Drug Store sit-in Emmett Till Montgomery bus boycott Browder v. Gayle Tallahassee bus boycott Mansfield school desegregation 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom "Give Us the Ballot" Royal Ice Cream sit-in Little Rock Nine Cooper v. Aaron Civil Rights Act of 1957 Ministers' Manifesto Dockum Drug Store sit-in Katz Drug Store sit-in Kissing Case Biloxi wade-ins
1960–1963	New Year's Day March Sit-in movement Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Sibley Commission Atlanta sit-ins Savannah Protest Movement Greenville Eight Civil Rights Act of 1960 Ax Handle Saturday New Orleans school desegregation Gomillion v. Lightfoot Boynton v. Virginia University of Georgia desegregation riot Rock Hill sit-ins Robert F. Kennedy's Law Day Address Freedom Rides Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks Garner v. Louisiana Albany Movement Cambridge movement University of Chicago sit-ins "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Meredith enrollment, Ole Miss riot Atlanta's Berlin Wall "Segregation now, segregation forever" Stand in the Schoolhouse Door 1963 Birmingham campaign Letter from Birmingham Jail Children's Crusade Birmingham riot 16th Street Baptist Church bombing John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom Leesburg Stockade March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement
1964–1968	Twenty-fourth Amendment Chester school protests Bloody Tuesday 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests Freedom Summer workers' murders Civil Rights Act of 1964 Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States Katzenbach v. McClung 1964–1965 Scripto strike 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches "How Long, Not Long" SCOPE Project Voting Rights Act of 1965 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections March Against Fear White House Conference on Civil Rights Chicago Freedom Movement/Chicago open housing movement Loving v. Virginia Memphis sanitation strike King assassination funeral riots Civil Rights Act of 1968 Poor People's Campaign Green v. County School Board of New Kent County Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. 1968 Olympics Black Power salute

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Studio albums	American Folk Songs for Children American Industrial Ballads American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 Gazette, Vol. 1 Sleep-Time: Songs & Stories God Bless the Grass Dangerous Songs!? Rainbow Race At 89 Pete Remembers Woody
Live albums	We Shall Overcome
Compilations	Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle
Songs	"The Bells of Rhymney" "Gotta Travel On" "If I Had a Hammer" "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus" "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" "Little Boxes" "My Rainbow Race" "Pittsburgh Town" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "We Shall Overcome" "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
Almanac Singers	Songs for John Doe Talking Union Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads Sod Buster Ballads Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Dear Mr. President
The Weavers	The Weavers at Carnegie Hall The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vol. 2 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
Other	Union Boys Precious Friend (withArlo Guthrie)
Related	Discography People's Songs Rainbow Quest Sing Out! Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Hudson River Sloop Clearwater The Great Hudson River Revival We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Family	Toshi Seeger(wife) Mika Seeger(daughter) Tao Rodríguez-Seeger(grandson) Charles Seeger(father) Ruth Crawford Seeger(stepmother) Mike Seeger(half-brother) Peggy Seeger(half-sister) Alan Seeger(uncle) Ewan MacColl(brother-in-law) John Cohen(brother-in-law) Kirsty MacColl(stepniece)

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