In Performance at the White House: Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 20:14 | Category : African American, Barack Obama, civil rights, Culture, Eclectique Citizen, History, Music, People, Television, Women
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This music special was recorded last night (24 hours before the original date – Feb. 10 and the DC blizzard). “In Performance at the White House” will broadcast tomorrow (Thursday) February 11 on PBS stations (check local listings). It is heartening to see Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a member of the original Freedom Singers and [...]

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Community Organizers Hall of Famer: Ella Baker

Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 20:50 | Category : African American, Community Organizers, History, People
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In 1981 the womens a capella group Sweet Honey in the Rock recorded “Ella’s Song,” written by the group’s founder civil rights activist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagan. The opejning lyrics begin with “We who believe in freedom cannot rest” taken from a speech Ella Baker gave in Jackson, Mississippi in 1964 — Freedom Summer–when volunteers [...]

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