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How I Got Over - wikipedia How I Got Over This article is about the Gospel hymn . For the album by The Roots , see How I Got Over ( album ) . <Th_colspan="2"> `` How I Got Over '' <Th_colspan="2"> Song by Clara Ward Written 1951 Published 1951 Genre Hymn Songwriter ( s ) Clara Ward How I Got Over is a Gospel hymn composed and published in 1951 by Clara Ward ( 1924 -- 1973 ) . Notable recordings of this work have been made by Mahalia Jackson ( 1961 , winner of the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1976 ) , Aretha Franklin ( 1972 on her Amazing Grace live record album ) , and the Blind Boys of Alabama ( 2008 on their album Down in New Orleans ) . It was performed by Mahalia Jackson at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 before 250,000 people . In 2018 , Ward 's original rendition was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or artistically significant . '' Inspirations ( edit ) According to her sister , Willa Ward , the inspiration for this song was an experience Clara Ward , Willa , their mother , Gertrude , and members of their singing group had traveling in the racially segregated Southern States in 1951 . En route to Atlanta , Georgia , they were besieged by a group of white men . The men were enraged that black women were riding in a luxury vehicle , a Cadillac , and surrounded their car and terrorized them with racist taunts . The women were rescued when , in a burst of inspiration , Gertrude Ward feigned demonic possession , spewing curses and incantations at the men , who fled . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ `` National Recording Registry Reaches 500 '' . Library of Congress . March 21 , 2018 . Retrieved March 21 , 2018 . Jump up ^ Ward - Royster , Willa , `` How I Got Over : Clara Ward and the World - Famous Ward Singers '' , Temple University Press , 1997 , paper ISBN 1 - 56639 - 490 - 2 , pp. 102 - 104 . <Th_colspan="2"> CeCe Peniston <Td_colspan="2"> Discography Awards Studio albums Finally Thought ' Ya Knew Good News in Hard Times I 'm Movin ' On Remix albums Finally / We Got a Love Thang : Remix Collection Remix Collection Compilations The Best Of Essential The Millennium Collection : The Best Of EPs CeCe Peniston Singles `` Finally '' `` We Got a Love Thang '' `` Keep On Walkin ' '' `` Crazy Love '' `` Inside That I Cried '' `` I 'm in the Mood '' `` I 'm Not Over You '' `` Keep Givin ' Me Your Love '' `` Hit by Love '' `` Movin ' On '' `` Before I Lay ( You Drive Me Crazy ) '' `` Somebody Else 's Guy '' `` I Like It '' `` Nobody Else '' `` He Loves Me 2 '' `` Lifetime to Love '' `` My Boo '' `` Reminiscin '' `` For My Baby '' `` Eternal Lover '' `` Deeper Love '' `` You Are the Universe '' `` I 'm Feelin ' U '' `` Above Horizons '' `` Nothing Can Stop Me '' Download `` Shame Shame Shame '' `` Still I '' `` In Love with a DJ '' `` Stoopid ! '' `` Celebrate '' `` You 've Never Seen '' `` All My Love '' `` Get to Steppin '' `` Let 's Go All Night '' `` Without You '' `` Love Do n't Take Over '' `` Sick '' Promotional singles `` Hitmix '' `` Searchin ' '' `` House Party '' `` I Know You Want Me '' `` I Ca n't Go for That '' Other songs `` How I Got Over '' `` He 's Got the Whole World in His Hands '' `` Precious Memories '' `` Oh Happy Day '' `` Christmas Song '' `` What a Wonderful World '' `` Runnin ' Away '' `` Last Dance '' Related Divas of Disco <Td_colspan="2"> Book <Th_colspan="2"> Mahalia Jackson Studio albums The World 's Greatest Gospel Singer ( 1955 ) EPs `` Peace in the Valley '' `` Take My Hand , Precious Lord '' `` Move On Up a Little Higher '' `` His Eye Is on the Sparrow '' `` How I Got Over '' Related Black , Brown and Beige Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_I_Got_Over&oldid=832014514 '' Categories : Gospel songs 1951 songs Mahalia Jackson songs United States National Recording Registry recordings Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018 , at 09 : 24 ( UTC ) . About Wikipedia
1. Gospel hymn "How I Got Over"
2. Clara Ward, songwriter
3. Notable recordings by Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and the Blind Boys of Alabama
4. Inspiration for the song from a racially segregated experience
5. Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress