The Edge of Americana – January 15, 2024 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A prerecorded show for MLK Day, including excerpts from his speeches Where Do We Go From Here (August 16, 1967) and The American Dream (June 6, 1961) and a heap of great protest and liberation songs.
Enjoy
JB
Playlist
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Martin Luther King Jr., “Where Do We Go from Here? (August 16, 1967), Pt. 7”
W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom - 2012
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Our Native Daughters, “Better Git Yer Learnin’ (feat. Rhiannon Giddens)”
from Songs of Our Native Daughters
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2019
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Two Little Girls At March, “Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round”
from Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama - A Documentary Recording By Carl Benkert
Folkways Records - 1965
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Martin Luther King Jr., “Where Do We Go from Here? (August 16, 1967), Pt. 9”
W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom - 2012
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Lady Peachena, “If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus (Live) [feat. The Eubie Blake School Choir]”
from Celebrating the Civil Rights Movement
Platinum Peachtree Records - 2016
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Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam (Unedited Version from Original Live Concert)”
Columbia - 2009
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The Montgomery Improvement Association, “Keep Your Hand On the Plow”
from Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1990
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “All Over This World”
from Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 2 (1942-1944)
Document Records - 1995
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Martin Luther King Jr., “Where Do We Go from Here? (August 16, 1967), Pt. 12”
W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom - 2012
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Martin Luther King Jr., “Where Do We Go from Here? (August 16, 1967), Pt. 13”
W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom - 2012
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Marchers, “We Shall Not Be Moved”
from Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama - A Documentary Recording By Carl Benkert
Folkways Records - 1965
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Bright Light Quartet, “Chantey Medley”
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 5 - Bad Man Ballads
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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The Freedom Singers, “Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round”
from Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1990
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John Davis & the Georgia Sea Island Singers, “Moses, Don't Get Lost”
from I'll Meet You On The Other Side: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey", 1959-1960
Odyssey - 2010
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning”
Jur / Starwood Media Gmbh - 2011
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Congregation & Viola James, “Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus”
from Sounds of the South
Rhino Atlantic - 1993
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Bukka White, “Aberdeen Mississippi Blues”
from Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues: The Vintage Recordings (1930-1940)
Document Records - 2003
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Bessie Jones & Georgia Sea Island Singers, “Daniel In the Lion's Den”
from I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die - Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey (1959–1960)
Odyssey - 2011
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Martin Luther King Jr., “American Dream - Lincoln University - June 6, 1961”
from Speeches by Martin Luther King: The Ultimate Collection
BN Publishing - 2011
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Blind Willie Johnson, “Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King”
from Complete Recorded Titles, Vol. 1 (1927 to 10th December 1929)
Document Records - 2011
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The Staple Singers, “We Shall Overcome (Live)”
from Freedom Highway: Complete - Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church
Epic/Legacy - 1965