Mavis Staples "Eyes On The Prize"

:50 to 1:06 makes me cry every time I watch it.

yeah...a gang of "brave"  "men" for sure. They all were like that. Cowards and ignorant.

what a beat.

This is a wonderful clip. I used this as an introduction for lecture to freshmen college students about the Civil Rights Movement today.

i love mavis staples more than seams humanly possible
thank you

we have come so far...we have so far to go

A reworking of the old gospel plow. Fantastic song. Mavis has a voice unlike any other.

go to Democracy Now! to see an interview of Bales talking with Amy Goodman on Sept 9 show.

Kevin Bales, a leader in the movement to end modern-day slavery, estimates that some 27 million people labor as slaves today—more than at anytime in history. Bales has helped expose modern-day slavery in the United States, where he estimates between 14,000 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the country each year. He writes, There has never been a single day in our America, from its discovery and birth right up to the moment you are reading this sentence, without slavery.

this video is very powerful and it gives a clear and concrete image of what has been commemorated so much that is has almost become forgotten or whitewashed

great cover too