Commentary: "Sons and Daughters" is bracketed by a pair of excerpts from Dr. King's celebrated oratory. From the beginning of the song:
"There's a little song that we sing in our movement down in the South—I don't know if you've heard it. It has become the theme song—'We Shall Overcome.'"From the end:
"Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome. And I tell you why: We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Behind the dim unknown standeth God within the shadows, keeping watch above His own. We shall overcome because the Bible is right: You shall reap what you sow. We shall overcome! Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome with His favor."
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