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Thread #91352 Message #1737090
Posted By: GUEST,Joel Bresler
10-May-06 - 08:51 AM
Thread Name: Songs for the March on Washington
Subject: RE: Songs for the March on Washington
Thanks for the comments. Here are the details on the LP cited above:
We shall overcome (Joan Baez) -- Press conference (President Kennedy) -- I have a dream (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) -- He's got the whole world in his hands (Marian Anderson) -- Oh! Freedom (Odetta) ; Complete speech (Rabbi Joachim Prinz) -- "Ballad of Medgar Evans" (Bob Dylan) -- Hammer song (Peter, Paul and Mary) -- The demands (Bayard Rustin) -- The pledge (A. Philip Randolph).
Title from slipcase./ "Authorized recording, produced by the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership" featuring speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph, and others, with songs performed by Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and others./ Texts of the speeches and songs (4 p.) inserted in container.
Presents a portion of the speeches and songs given at the 1963 demonstration, including commentary by newscasters covering the event. Includes Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, speeches by Rabbi Joachim Prinz, Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, A. Philip Randolph, and other civil rights leaders; and songs by Joan Baez, Marian Anderson, Odetta, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul, and Mary.