Lawsuit seeks to end 'We Shall Overcome' copyright

The We Shall Overcome Foundation, a California-based Christian group active with street children in Brazil, filed a lawsuit as it worked on a documentary that would include the song. It's the unofficial anthem to the civil rights movement," said Randall Newman, a partner at firm Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman, which is pursuing the case. Bernie Sanders recorded it and sings it as part of his campaign," Newman told AFP on Wednesday, referring to the Democratic presidential candidate.