Mavis Staples and Civil Rights Era Musical Voice
The Staples Singers linked faith and protest in the Civil Rights era singing message songs and facing racism. They toured with Martin Luther King Jr and earned hits like I'll Take You There and Let's Do It Again while Mavis Staples pursued solo honors including Grammys and Kennedy Center recognition.
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Bob Dylan
Stephen Stills
Dr. King
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Central High School
Mavis
Pops
Stephen Colbert
D.C
Staple Singers
Stax Records
Booker T. and
The
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the Staples
Martin Scorsese
Berklee College of Music
Boston
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago
Grant Park
Tve
Kennedy Center
Washington, D.C
CBS News
Timothy P. Howsare
Rdrnews
PBS to Feature Maya Angelou Life in New Documentary
A new PBS documentary titled American Masters Maya Angelou And Still I Rise profiles the poet author activist singer and dancer Maya Angelou born April 4 1928 and died May 28 2014. The film premieres February 21 at 8 p m nationwide on PBS during Black History Month with DVD release and Digital HD February 22.
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P PR
Maya Angelou
Random House
PBS
Thirteen
Cattle Drive and a Vacation Tale From Southeast New Mexico
Janice Dunnahoo recounts a long cattle drive from Roswell through Elkins and Pecos to Geneseo, including chuck wagon work, a crossing of the Pecos, market dances in a hay barn, and a souvenir bone later donated to Nyche Museum. He recalls Uncle Bud, George, John, and Wesley, plus a final return to Ellsworth and the post office job.
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Elkins
Jake
Kansas
Roswell
John
George
Pecos
Star
Wesley
Uncle Bud
Uncle Buds
Capitan Mountain
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Geneseo
Dr. Bush
Nyche Museum
University
Lawrence
New Mexico
Dick Cadwell
Ellsworth
Janice Dunnahoo
The
Historical Society For
Southeast New Mexico
Palmer plans tour through New Mexico and Texas
Palmer says he is halfway through recording and hopes to tour next November, with dates across most of New Mexico and part of Texas. His mother Carla Overmeir supports him though fears the pitfalls of touring. He notes his talent without a degree and points to his Facebook page for updates. Vision editor Christina Stock can be reached at 575-622-7710 ext 309.
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Palmer
New Mexico
Texas
Carla Overmeir
Matthew Palmers
Guitarfeller
Yahoo.com
Christina Stock
Vision
Rdrnews.com
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Woodward
Oklahoma
Waynoka
Fred S. Curry
Copenhagen
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