Shropshire, Louise

201301211 RESOLUTION, dated 9/3/2013 submitted by Councilmembers Charlie Winburn and Pamula Thomas, RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING the historic contributions of Mrs. Louise Shropshire, granddaughter of a slave from Coffee County, Alabama, hymn writer, choir director and native of Cincinnati, Ohio, who penned the lyrics to "If My Jesus Wills aka I'll Overcome," between 1932 and 1942, which song became the inspirational anthem of the American Civil Rights Movement, "We Shall Overcome."