The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association adopted " we shall overcome " as a slogan and used it in the title of its retrospective publication , '' We Shall Overcome – The History of the Struggle for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland 1968 – 1978 '' . The film '' Bloody Sunday '' depicts march leader and MP Ivan Cooper leading the song shortly before 1972 's Bloody Sunday shootings . In 1997 , the Christian men 's ministry , Promise Keepers featured the song on its worship CD for that year : '' The Making of a Godly Man '' , featuring worship leader Donn Thomas and the Maranatha ! Promise Band . Bruce Springsteen 's re-interpretation of the song was included on the 1998 tribute album '' Where Have All the Flowers Gone : The Songs of Pete Seeger '' as well as on Springsteen 's 2006 album '' We Shall Overcome : The Seeger Sessions ''
Bloody Sunday shootings
Bloody Sunday (1972)
We Shall Overcome