A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood: A Musical Journey in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Airs Sunday at 9PM on 93.9 FM
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up listening to and singing church songs, and saw gospel and folk music as natural tools to further the civil rights movement. In this hour-long special from WNYC, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illustrate the powerful place that music held in his work--and examines how the musical community responded to and participated in Dr. King's cause.
Comments [2]
I heard most of this program in my car, and was glad I did. Hope you'll make this program available online for all those who miseed it when it aired. It deserves to be heard by many more.
Beautiful presentation! I only wish it could have been at least 2 hours so that we could have heard more than just snippets of the longer pieces. Maybe next year?
Here's to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
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