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VIDEO: Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement

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Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
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Length: 01:34:35
Posted: 8/12/2009

They raised their voices in song against inequality and racism. They gave the civil rights movement its anthems and its soul. They were the singers and songwriters who fought for change and gave us the songs that changed America. This DVD includes dramtic first-person accounts by the Freedom Riders who sang to give themselves courage in the face of grave danger. There are the songs from the 1963 March on Washington when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have a Dream speech. And there are award-winning artists and musicians whose songs inspired a generation to take up the struggle for civil rights and human rights throughout America and the world. Let Freedom Sing retells one of the greatest stories in American history in a dramatically new way. The performers include Aretha Franklin (Respect), James Brown (Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pete Seeger (We Shall Overcome), Stevie Wonder (Heaven Help Us All), Marvin Gaye (What's Going On?), Curtis Mayfield (People Get Ready), watch

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Year Title Description
2007 Sweeney Todd Movie, Actor - Pie Customer #12
2006 An American Haunting Movie, Actor - Kate Batts
2000 Relative Values Movie, Actor - Lady Havling
1992 Utz Movie, Actor - Ada Krasova
1985 Mata Hari Movie, Actor - Fraulein Doktor

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