Who were the Freedom Singers and which group served as a model? 1. They were a singing group formed by Bernice Johnson as the musical representatives of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization formed to give young African Americans a greater voice in the civil rights movement. Johnson based her group in part on the Almanac Singers. 2. They were a choir from Harlan County West Virginia who sang labor songs at union rallies. They were led by and based on the songs of Hazel Dickens. 3. They were a choir of school children who performed folk anthems at progressive grade schools in New York and Boston. They were based on the model of Eastern European children's choirs of the 19th century. 4. They were an all-star group that included Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and the Kingston trio. They based their sound on Earl Robinson's "Ballad for Americans."