You are correct! It was released the same year the US went off the gold standard. (Not relevant, but helps to remember.)

"Recorded in 1971 by a 27-year-old pastor and an after school program choir, Like A Ship is a stirring and powerful meditation on the wayward aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement."

Source: https://numerogroup.com/products/pastor-tl-barrett-the-youth-for-christ-choir-like-a-ship

I listened to this on the bus to University the morning before I gave up and chose to master out. Would rather face the unknown than continue a program that ate my will to live.