During the Suez Crisis<span> President Dwight </span>Eisenhower<span> ... in Congress where</span>Eisenhower<span> recommended the </span>use<span> of American forces</span>
According to Wikipedia South Carolina became the first state to declare its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860, with the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and later joined with the other southern states in the Confederacy.
This freedom song was sung as an anthem of protest during the civil rights movement to spread the message of faith, determination, and perseverance of the people who sang them.