Cover of SUMMERTIME in 1956 - in medley with Motherless Child, her graceful way to commemorate Emmett Till, murdered one year before and also from Chicago
Cover of PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND in 1956 - also in '68 at Martin Luther King's funeral, as this was one of his favorite hymns; another poignant version with Mavis Staples at the Summer Of Soul Festival in Harlem, NY in '69
Cover of SAY BROTHERS WILL YOU MEET US in 1962 - as The Battle Hymn during a centennial commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC
Cover of I'VE BEEN BUKED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED in 1963 - during the March on Washington, D.C. best remembered by Martin Luther King Jr. addressing his Mountaintop speech