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With linked arms to fellow members of his beloved community, Rep. Instead of self-promotion, Rep. Lewis intently inspires young leaders to educate themselves and to harness their voice and action as the noblest vehicle for change 3. Speaking at their training event this summer, Rep. The nature of racial inequalities may have changed over the past 50 years, but the tactics employed by Rep. Lewis alongside his beloved community live as legacies of the Civil Rights Movement. At the ripe age of 74, Rep.
Lewis continues to practice what he preaches. This past August, Rep.
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Lewis joined the Atlanta community in a rain-soaked march to stand in solidarity with the peaceful actions of the people of Ferguson. To learn more about Rep. Gathered around a table beneath the framed photos, Rep. Lewis recalled how activists used music during the movement.
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At one point, he expanded upon the lunch counter integration efforts in Nashville that were organized by the Nashville Student Movement. Singing was particularly important in the mass meetings where activists assembled before embarking on their planned action.
Singing for equality : hymns in the American antislavery and Indian rights movements, 1640-1855
Protesters and their supporters who would not join them on the front lines sang together. In a subdued voice, Rep. However, at the lunch counter, the congressman pointed out, the highly trained students did not sing. And the [protestors] outside [the stores] would be singing, too. This brief vignette from our longer conversation offers a window for deeper analysis of singing as a means of developing and sustaining the beloved community.
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Singing together provided protesters and their supporters a precious time of participation as equals while they sang and listened to music. Written in for the international revivalist Charles A. A sense of hope also infuses these words. Singing together created egalitarian resonance which contributed to the beloved community that the activists hoped to create for themselves and succeeding generations.