Many are the Voices
Ep 4
Many Americans have had to raise their voices to be recognized or even heard in America. In this program, we hear songs of African Americans and Native Americans; women, immigrants, and war resisters; and voices from the labor movement and the gay rights movement.
Songs
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing1900John Rosamond JohnsonJames Weldon JohnsonSong For a Dark Girl1957 · My Dark HandsHermann ReutterLangston HughesSilhouette1987 · Shadow of the BluesJohn MustoLangston HughesInketunga’s Thunder Song1908 · Three Indian Songs, Op. 32Arthur FarwellArthur FarwellThe Indians1921Charles IvesCharles SpragueThe Ballad of Ira Hayes1963Peter La FargePeter La FargeWithin Thy Heart (op. 29, no. 1)1895Amy Marcy BeachAmy Marcy BeachChinaman, Laundryman1932 · Two RicercariRuth Crawford SeegerH. T. TsiangJoe Hill1936Earl RobinsonAlfred HayesJoe Worker1937Marc BlitzsteinMarc BlitzsteinThe Real War Will Never Get in the Books1971 · War ScenesNed RoremWalt WhitmanOfficial Notice1966 · The Face of WarElie SiegmeisterLangston HughesFury1992Donald WheelockSusan SnivelyWe Two Boys1996 · Whitman SongsMichael Tilson ThomasWalt WhitmanOh, Freedom1865