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March on Washington: unsung
August 28, 2013 No, not literally unsung. In fact, the most memorable moments at the microphone, other than Martin Luther King’s “I had a Dream” speech, featured singers: Mahalia Jackson; Marian Anderson; Peter, Paul and Mary; Joan Baez and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Ghana, James Baldwin, Joan Baez, Langston Hughes, Mahalia Jackson, Malcolm X, March on Washington, Marian Anderson, Martin Luther King, Norman Mailer, Odetta, Paul and Mary, Peter, Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, The Armies of the Night, W. E. B. Du Bois
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