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Playing Rosa's Tune - Music of the Civil Rights Struggle

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2/3. The arrest and conviction of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, was the spark that ignited the civil rights movement in America. It was a movement fuelled by music, and organisations like the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, with its own SNCC Freedom Singers, were quick to recognise the power of song. Stephen Evans travels to Montgomery to talk to those involved in the movement and its music.

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Presenter:
Stephen Evans
Producer:
Paul Evans

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