The marches and demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s are a part of American history now, but for singer Mavis Staples, they were a transformative part of her life.

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This video clip, which accompanies Mavis Staples singing "Eye on the Prize," is a compilation of sobering, even shocking news footage from the civil rights marches of the early 1960s. The audio is from the We'll Never Turn Back CD.

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Mavis talks about the CD and the history behind it in this clip, which includes footage from the recoding sessions along with an informal interview session.

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Chance and changes played a vital part in the history of the Staples singers, the Chicago-based gospel group that became known as the "first family of song."

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Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981, this concert video features Mavis and the family performing "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend," a hit for the Staples Singers in 1973. Pops Staples is out front on guitar at the far left side of the stage, as we see it, but it is clearly Mavis who is driving the band through the extended "testifying" section at the end.

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Pops Staples is more prominently featured in this clip from the 1972 Wattstax concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum, a performance of the Staples' second biggest hit, "Respect Yourself."

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For last minute ticket information for the 14th annual Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, at which Mavis will perform June 29th, go here.