Stumbled on this from a guy writing on the first folk festval at U of CHICACO. Inman and Ira were ivitd . We only did one Oscar song BID EM IN which depicted a slave girl being auctioned off. Our music was pertinent to black history . Lots of chain gang songs from the Lomax collection. Rosie Wella etc. Josh White gave us a couple of blues . Big time was singing THE KLAN on the TODAY SHOW 1961 Barbara Walters third week It was an historic moment two black dudes putting down the Klan on national t v The phones rang off the hook. The producer was fired.Allan Arkins father wrote it. We were at the village gate in N YORK    with Miriam Mkeba and Charlie Byrd and used to go between shows to the staircase to cheer up a struggling comedian we got tight with him and wished him luck It was Bill Cosby Tom Mboya invited us to tour Africa with Miriam Of course you know the many times we were featured at the GATE OF HORN old and new. Man have I got stories