The Black Church | Gospel Music and the Civil Rights Movement | PBS
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Gospel music was at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, lifting the spirits of those fighting for racial equality. Rutha Mae Harris, a founding member of The Freedom Singers, talks with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about the role music from the Black church played.
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