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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Birmingham Sunday By Joan Baez; Remembering Our Girls


King leads a group of African-American children to their newly integrated school in Grenada, Mississippi, escorted by folk singer Joan Baez and two aides. Bettmann/CORBIS


Joan Baez has forever been one of my role models of a socially and politically engaged artist.  She has been front and center in campaigns for human rights. Here is a link to Joan singing Richard Farina’s song Birmingham Sunday;  a song in commemoration of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963

1 comment:

  1. This song has always felt powerful, but this version with images makes it more powerful that ever. I will share it!

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