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DVD "March on Washington from jobs and freedom"
Ayant reçu ce DVD il y a quelques jours ce fut ma fin de soirée d'hier, plus que recommandé, ainsi que l'audio
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"March On Washington For Jobs & Freedom
National Mall/Lincoln Memorial
Washington, DC
Wednesday, 28 August 1963
The approaching 50th Anniversary of the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" seemed like a good excuse to
assemble the available musical performances from the event. (Perhaps the Anniversary will inspire a comprehensive Official collection -- until then, however, this is probably the best we can do.)
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was organized by a coalition of ten civil rights and labor groups, and proved to be the largest mass demonstration in DC until that time (and for decades after).
First plans for the march were announced on June 11th, 1963 -- just hours before the Jackson, Mississippi assassination of NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers.
Ten days later, civil rights leaders of the coalition were called to the White House, where President Kennedy attempted to encourage them to call off the event. Though he was not successful, and on Wednesday, August 28, 1963, between 200,000 and 300,000 of the expected 100,000 participants converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
In addition to live TV coverage by all three American broadcast networks, the event was captured by at least two government sponsored documentary filmmakers, who produced short films about the march for overseas distribution.
The "Educational Radio Network" also carried 15 hours of live audio coverage from the event, broadcast throughout the Eastern and Midwest U.S. and Canada, and preserved for posterity by Boston ERN Affiliate WGBH FM:
http://openvault.wgbh.org/collection … washington
(Ironically, the March proved to be ERN's final live broadcast. An earlier decision by the sponsoring Ford Foundation to limit their educational network funding to television relegated the radio broadcasters to a tape exchange system until the 1970 creation of National Public Radio.)
The WGBH tapes were used to create the only official release from this event, the single LP "We Shall Overcome: Documentary of the March on Washington", released on both Broadside and Folkway Records. These recordings, however, were heavily edited to present an audio montage of the day's events rather than a collection of complete performances. Worse still, the fidelity of this release was rather poor. (The lossy WGBH archive recordings sound markedly superior.)
The route of The March itself was only about 1.2 miles, from the Washington Monument at 15th Street NW to the Lincoln Memorial, with half the marchers traveling up Constitution Avenue and half traveling up Independence Avenue.
And yes, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech here, but the day also included many notable musical performances on two stages:
From 10:00-11:30 AM, Folk Musicians (including Joan Baez, Peter Paul & Mary, Odetta, Josh White, Lonnie Satin, Bob Dylan, The Freedom Singers "and assorted other people") provided warm-up entertainment from a stage near 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW on the Washington Monument grounds.
At 11:30 AM, the crowd began moving to the west, where the musical performances and informal speeches continued from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Starting around 1:00 PM, singers including The Freedom Singers, Odetta, Camilla Williams, Peter Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Len Chandler and others readied the audience for the official portion of the program at 2:00 PM.
Opera singer Camilla Williams opened the proceedings with the National Anthem, filling in for famed singer Marian Anderson, who was unable to reach the Lincoln Memorial in time. Ms. Anderson sang a half-hour later, after yet another last-minute program change. (Quite significantly, this was not Ms. Anderson's first performance at this venue. On April 9th, 1939, after being refused use of DC's Constitution Hall, she performed from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for an audience of more than 75,000 - including a ten year-old boy by the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
The Eva Jessye Choir and Gospel legend Mahalia Jackson rounded out the musical program, though Ms. Jackson offered another, perhaps even more historically significant contribution a short time later, when at the conclusion of Dr. King's fairly innocuous prepared remarks, she encouraged him to "Tell them about the dream."
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This collection includes the available musical recordings from this day, some of which are presented for the first (and almost certainly only) time in Stereo!
Where different audio feeds were available for all or parts of a performance, they have been synchronized to create a stereo image.
CD:
Total Time: 59:08
---------- Washington Monument Stage 10:00-11:30 AM ----------
01 - Joan Baez - Interview by Al Hulsen (a)
02 - Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (Stereo) (a,b+c)
03 - Peter, Paul and Mary - Blowing In The Wind (a,b)
04 - Peter, Paul and Mary - If I Had A Hammer (Part) (b)
05 - Odetta - Come And Go With Me To That Land/I'm On My Way (Stereo) (a+c)
06 - Odetta - No More Auction Block/Child Of God (a)
07 - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez - When The Ship Comes In (e)
08 - Peter, Paul and Mary - Interview by David Edwards (a)
---------- Lincoln Memorial 1:00-2:00 PM ----------
09 - The Freedom Singers - We Shall Not Be Moved (b)
10 - Peter, Paul and Mary Intro / David Edwards Interview with Marlon Brando (a)
11 - Peter, Paul and Mary - If I Had A Hammer (Stereo) (a+d)
12 - Joan Baez - All My Trials (Stereo) (a+b)
13 - Bob Dylan - Only A Pawn In Their Game (Stereo) (a+e)
14 - Len Chandler, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Scott Scharf - Rally Song/Keep Your Eyes On The Prize (Hold On) (Stereo) (a+e)
--------- Lincoln Memorial Stage (Official Program 2:00-4:30 PM) ---------
15 - Camilla Williams - National Anthem (a)
16 - Marian Anderson: He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Stereo) (a+c)
17 - Eva Jessye Choir: Freedom Is A Thing Worth Thinking About (Stereo) (a+b)
18 - Mahalia Jackson: I've Been Buked And I've Been Scorned (a)
19 - Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over (a)
--------- Lincoln Memorial Stage (Post-March 4:30-5:30 PM) ---------
20 - Eva Jessye Choir: We Shall Overcome (b)
21 - Stage and Screen Committee For The March On Washington: We Shall Not Be Moved (a)
DVD:
Total Time: 25:55
15th Street and Constitution Avenue (Washington Monument Stage):
1. We Shall Overcome (a+c)
Joan Baez (Guitar & Vocal)
2. Blowing In The Wind (b)
3. If I Had A Hammer (Part) (b)
Peter Yarrow (Guitar and Vocal), Paul Stookey (Guitar & Vocal), Mary Travers (Vocal)
4. I'm On My Way (a+c)
Odetta (Guitar & Vocal)
5. When The Ship Comes In (e)
Bob Dylan (Guitar & Vocal), Joan Baez (Vocal)
Lincoln Memorial (Main Stage):
6. We Shall Not Be Moved (b)
The Freedom Singers (Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Charles Neblett and Rutha Mae Harris) (Vocals)
7. If I Had A Hammer (a+d)
Peter Yarrow (Guitar and Vocal), Paul Stookey (Guitar & Vocal), Mary Travers (Vocal)
8. All My Trials (a+b)
Joan Baez (Guitar & Vocal)
9. Only A Pawn In Their Game (a+e)
Bob Dylan (Guitar & Vocal)
10. Rally Song/Keep Your Eyes On The Prize (Hold On) (a+e)
Len Chandler (Guitar & vocal), Joan Baez (Backing Vocal), Stuart Scharf (Guitar & Backing Vocal), Bob Dylan (Guitar, Unenthusiastic Backing Vocal)
11. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (a+c)
Marian Anderson (Vocal)
12. Freedom Is A Thing Worth Thinking About (a+b)
Eva Jessye Choir (Vocals), Louis Andrew Fryerson (Baritone Vocal), Bill Dillard (Trumpet)
13. How I Got Over (a,d)
Mahalia Jackson (Vocal)
--------- Lincoln Memorial Stage (Post-March Unofficial Performances 4:30-5:30 PM) ---------
14. We Shall Overcome (b)
Eva Jessye Choir (Vocals)
Sources:
a - WGBH FM Simulcast (Internet Archive)
b - U.S. Information Agency Documentary, "The March In Washington" (1963) (archive.org)
c - U.S. Information Agency Documentary, "The March" (1964) (Dir: James Blue)
d - Live TV Coverage (Internet Sources)
e - DVD "Bob Dylan: TV Live & Rare '63-'75"
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