This Little Light of Mine

E174286
Christian hymn gospel song song spiritual

"This Little Light of Mine" is a popular gospel song and spiritual often associated with the civil rights movement and sung to express hope, resilience, and personal faith.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
This Little Light of Mine canonical 4
O Mary Don’t You Weep 2
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hymn ⓘ
gospel song ⓘ
song ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
associatedWith African-American church tradition ⓘ
African American spirituals ⓘ
surface form: African-American spirituals

civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance anthem of the civil rights era ⓘ
standard in gospel repertoire ⓘ
widely known children’s religious song ⓘ
expresses Christian faith ⓘ
collective solidarity ⓘ
individual spiritual commitment ⓘ
function children’s Christian song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
song of encouragement ⓘ
genre Christian music ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
spiritual ⓘ
hasForm call and response ⓘ
strophic song ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
congregations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsOpeningLine This Little Light of Mine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
notableUse sung at civil rights demonstrations ⓘ
sung in marches led by civil rights leaders ⓘ
performanceContext Sunday school ⓘ
church services ⓘ
civil rights rallies ⓘ
community gatherings ⓘ
protest marches ⓘ
refrain I’m gonna let it shine ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
symbolism light as symbol of hope ⓘ
light as symbol of inner faith ⓘ
light as symbol of resistance to oppression ⓘ
theme faith ⓘ
hope ⓘ
light as a metaphor for faith ⓘ
personal testimony ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularization mid-20th century ⓘ
usedDuring American civil rights movement ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

"Songs of Joy & Peace" album → includesTrack → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
subject surface form: Songs of Joy & Peace
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions → hasPart → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: O Mary Don’t You Weep
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions → notableSong → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: O Mary Don’t You Weep
Odetta → performedSong → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
This Little Light of Mine → lyricsOpeningLine → This Little Light of Mine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
African American spirituals → hasNotableSong → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
"This Little Light of Mine" central gallery → name → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
"This Little Light of Mine" central gallery → inspiredBy → This Little Light of Mine ⓘ
this entity surface form: gospel song "This Little Light of Mine"