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Guy Carawan and Singers

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Description: Folk singer Guy Carawan plays guitar and sings as James Bevel and Bernard Lafayette sing along.
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Paul Robeson

Date: 1956
Description: Paul Robeson reading a copy of the leftist newspaper, the "National Guardian".
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Gold Dust Twins

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Description: The Gold Dust Twins were a popular comedy-musical act that toured in the Midwest during the 1950s. The two men sang, danced, and performed banjo music, as ...
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Frame 53: Woman in Hat

Date: 1964
Description: A woman wearing a knit cap stands in front of a microphone. The badge on her chest identifies her as an MFDP member from Hinds County. Three men behind her...
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Women Singing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St...
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Group Sing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group claps and sings at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project.
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Bellafonte and Obey

Date: 04 1987
Description: Singer Harry Bellafonte, then the ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) testified on behalf of the fund before the House Appropriation...
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Dr. Jonathan Lee Overby

Date: 01 11 1982
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dr. Jonathan Lee Overby, a bandleader, baritone singer, and radio host on WORT, and then on WPR. At the time this portrait was taken, ...
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Duke Ellington Band Concert

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Ray Nance singing into a microphone at the Duke Ellington jazz big band concert in the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion.
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Gil Scott Heron

Date: 03 21 1979
Description: Gil Scott Heron (center) and two other singers performing in concert.
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Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Fraternity member, Ted Stowe, playing piano as black and white children sing along at the Christmas party for the children of the South Side Community Cent...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God' to raise money for scholarships. Members of one of the play's choirs provides musical back...
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Singing at Shiloh Baptist Church

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman choir member with a microphone and robe is singing at Shiloh Baptist Church. The Reverend Jesse Jackson delivered the sermon at this service.
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Singing and Clapping

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman in a flowered dress is singing and clapping at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir...
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Singing at Shiloh Baptist Church

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman in a flowered dress is singing at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir robes. The R...

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