Freedom Songs: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
Explore how music helped sustain and was in turn inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. Includes archival performances and interviews with many of the greatest artists and musicians from the soul era and beyond.
Episodes
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Freedom Songs: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement
S1 E1 - 1h 1m
Explore how music helped sustain and was in turn inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. Includes archival performances and interviews with many of the greatest artists and musicians from the soul era and beyond.
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