WE’LL NOT BE MOVED

“We Shall Not Be Moved” expresses resolve in the face of adversity; as social movements persevere in struggles to build a better nation.
Taskiana Four made the earliest known recording of “I Shall Not Be Moved” for the RCA Victor Talking Machine Company on July 21, 1926. Jubilee quartets, popular in the first half of the twentieth century, sang harmonized arrangements of spirituals as well as newer hymns. Taskiana Four’s recording featured the following verses: