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Sonic encounters with civil rights giants on 'Glorious Mahalia' - 48 hills

Narrowing Voting Rights Act Section 2 makes minority vote-dilution challenges harder, while Mahalia Jackson’s music and civil-rights legacy renews urgency for equality.
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6 months ago

It's dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?': Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career

The first song I got for the album was Human Mind, written by Hozier and Allison Russell, and that really set the tone for the entire record. It starts: I deal in love baby, in good words from above and I ain't giving up. I cried when I was trying to sing it for the first time. Then the next song was Beautiful Strangers by Kevin Morby.
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