Carlton Reese
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Carlton Reese (born February 7, 1942 in Westfield - died July 9, 2002) was director, composer and organist for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir beginning in 1960 (when he was 18 years old). He adapted many traditional hymns into freedom songs for the choir which performed at ACMHR mass meetings, most intensively during the nightly meetings coinciding with the Birmingham Campaign of Spring 1963.
Reese died after suffering in aneurysm in 2002. He was survived by his wife, Patricia. The Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir is named in his honor.
External links
- "Lest We Forget, Vol. 2: Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 - Mass Meeting" (1980) Smithsonian Folkways Records.