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fb on a january night in alabama listen to south carolina to lift every voice is in the audience which is i don't know that there's an incident in the news in terms of again bringing us to go but as one people at the heart of the group on stage is a celebrity where the rally continue the tradition of who requires the nation's historically black universities and colleges on this special edition of the experience lift every voice and saying was made
possible in part by a grant from the alabama state council on the arts in a basement room and a small presbyterian college in tuscaloosa alabama fifty singers are well into their second hour about the men in rehearsal preparing for a national tour since nineteen sixty nine james arthur or deliberately houghtaling shooting at note by notable repertoire of spirituals classical pieces songs from twentieth century africa eighteenth century mural williams says this car is a public relations tool for the institution for the last century black colleges and universities that dispatch such large <unk> goodwill and raise funds to dave this or maybe won the best of its kind you have to work hard to achieve excellence and excellence is something that will still fine to work to maintain and all the education not just music is if the goal is to look at all these kids and we're working to
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european but our work and many times the tone that comes out to be european ear you've been trying to get his abrasive song <unk> so let's try that but in the black community the best city is not always a sweet is the smoothies that students say the best say isn't that say that can best fix less to sell my nap time these
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path ah ah oh yeah hannah horvath issues for what happens at the concerts that i've been to the music that's bring your church so the trick is you could have it all a time when black people come to a white church
at some of the performances of a lifetime white people come to half of laughter was important not only unfortunate term important but it has significant fall i think it's important that music can do this music can bring together when they're not even speaking to each other and you can bring different races together music can do this you rode our wages wages so if you have a comment about you like to order a
copy of it please call one eight hundred two three nine five to three three or you know like the old inexperienced thoughts at seven thousand tuscaloosa alabama to five or eight seven please mention the word stillman with a request for comment lift every voice and saying was made possible in part by a grant from the alabama state council on the arts
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Series
The Alabama Experience
Episode
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Producing Organization
University of Alabama Center for Public Television
Contributing Organization
University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio (CPT&R) (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-4131cd806b1
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Description
Episode Description
Features the Stillman College Choir and their conductor James Arthur Williams. The choir performs spirituals, classical pieces, songs from 20th century Africa, and 18th century Europe. The piece features performances by the choir as well as highlights the importance of the choir.
Series Description
A series that focuses on bringing to life the inspiring stores and empowering characters that have helped form Alabama's past and are working to shape its future.
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:26:42.001
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Editor: Clay, Kevin
Editor: Holt, Tony
Executive Director: Rieland, Tom
Executive Producer and Videographer: Cammeron, Dwight
Interviewee: Williams, James Arthur
Producer and Narrator: Davis, Brent
Producing Organization: University of Alabama Center for Public Television
Videographer: Gilbert, Eric
Videographer: Thurston, M.C.
Videographer: Sullivan, Preston
Videographer: Ruha, Jason
Videographer: Cook, Davy
AAPB Contributor Holdings
University of Alabama Center for Public Television
Identifier: cpb-aacip-886fb30b5e7 (Filename)
Format: BetacamSP
Duration: 0:26:42
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Citations
Chicago: “The Alabama Experience; Lift Every Voice and Sing,” University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio (CPT&R), American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 26, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-4131cd806b1.
MLA: “The Alabama Experience; Lift Every Voice and Sing.” University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio (CPT&R), American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-4131cd806b1>.
APA: The Alabama Experience; Lift Every Voice and Sing. Boston, MA: University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio (CPT&R), American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-4131cd806b1