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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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Lift every voice and sing / James Weldon Johson and J. Rosamond Johnson (Atlanta Music Festival Children's Choir ; Ben Leaptrott, piano ; Steven Darsy, conductor) -- Art translates, transcends, and transforms / Dwight Andrews, speaker -- Frederick Douglass (Act II: Scene 3) / Dorothy Rudd Moore (Timothy Miller, tenor ; Meridian Chorale & Orchestra ; Steven Darsey, conductor) -- 50th anniversary of the Selma march and a more perfect union speeches (excerpts) / Barack Obama (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- Notes on the decline of outrage (excerpt) / James Dickey (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- Wade in the water / traditiona ; arr. Kevin P. Johnson (Julia Dennis, soprano ; Spelman College Glee Club ; Kevin P. Johnson piano ; B.E. Boykin, conductor) -- Notes on the decline of outrage (excerpt) / James Dickey (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- A more perfect union (excerpt) / Barack Obama (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- Come Sunday / Duke Ellington ; Gospel train / tradition ; Hall Johnson (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Damien Sneed, piano) -- 50th anniverary of the Selma march (excerpt) / Barack Obama (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- My soul's been anchored / tradional ; arr. Moses Hogan (Morehouse College Glee Club ; David Morrow, conductor) -- Statement on the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (excerpt) / Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- Meditations from grace / T.J. Anderson (Vega Quartet) -- Notes on the decline of outrage (excerpt) / James Dickey (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- Essays (excerpt) / Langston Hughes (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- Prophets for a new day (excerpt) / Margaret Walker (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- Cantata. Toccata : Ride on king Jesus / John Carter (Timothy Miller, tenor ; Brent Russels, piano) -- Between black and white (excerpt) / Henry Hugh Proctor (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- Heaven / Duke Ellington ; He's got the whole world in his hand / traditional ; arr. Margaret Bonds (Jessye Norman, soprano ; Damien Sneed, piano) -- Frederick Douglass (Finale of Act II: Scene 3) / dorothy Rudd Moore (Megan Brunning, Cynthia Shepard, Arietha Lockhart, sopranos ; Tiothy Miller, tenor ; Brent Davis, baritone ; Meridian Chorale & Orchestra ; Steven Darsey, conductor) -- Voting rights speech to congress, March 15, 1965 (excerpt) / Lyndon B. Johnson (Taylor Branch, speaker) -- 50th anniversary of the Selma march (excerpt) / Barack Obama (Robert M. Franklin, speaker) -- Bound for the promised land / traditional; arr. Adophus Hailstork (Wanda Yank Tenko, soprano ; Timothy Miller, tenor ; Spelman & Morehouse College Glee Clubs ; Chancel Choir of First Congregational Church ; Meridian Chorale & Orchestra ; Steven Darsey, conductor) |
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"Atlanta Music Festival." |
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Spirituals and music by African-American composers, interspersed with poetry and fragments of speeches |
| Performer |
Various performers |
| Event |
Recorded in performance 2016 November 16 12:10 PM Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta |
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Recorded in performance 2016 November 18 7:00 PM Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Emory University, Atlanta |
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Hard copy version record |
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Spirituals (Songs)
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
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Spirituals (Songs)
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Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Atlanta Music Festival (2016 : Atlanta, Ga.)
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