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Edwin Starr presents a series exploring the link between soul music and the US civil rights movement. Black musicians from the north were confronted with segregation at every level when they toured the Deep South in the fifties and early sixties. Wilson Pickett, Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson, Jerry Butler and others tell how their songs played a part in calling for change in American society.

Contributors

Presenter:
Edwin Starr
Interviewee:
Wilson Pickett
Interviewee:
Martha Reeves
Interviewee:
Mary Wilson
Interviewee:
Jerry Butler

Andy Kershaw concludes his musical journey across America retracing the route of Chuck Berry's song Promised Land. Tonight he explores Texas and admires the power of the first space rockets displayed outside Nasa's space museum in Houston, before preparing for the final stage of his journey to Los Angeles.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Kershaw
Producer:
John Leonard

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