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[Folk Music]

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- In the summer of 1919, Marian 
Anderson traveled to Chicago

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for a six week opera course. 
She's coming from Philadelphia

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to Chicago, during a time 
of unrest in the city.

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- What you have is a growing 
Black population and there's

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tensions between 
the Black population

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and the white population. - 
An African American young man

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had floated in the 
lake to the wrong side.

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They threw a rock and 
hit him, and he died.

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It was a race riot. - When 
she sang "The Crucifixion"

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in the 1950s, you could hear 
the memories of the South

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and the riots of 1919.

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♪ They crucified ♪

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♪ my Lord ♪

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♪ And he never said ♪

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♪ a mumblin' word ♪

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♪ They crucified ♪

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♪ my Lord ♪

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♪ And he never said ♪

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♪ a mumblin' word ♪

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♪ Not a word ♪

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♪ Not a word ♪

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♪ He bowed his head ♪

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♪ and died ♪

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♪ And he never said ♪

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♪ a mumblin' word ♪

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♪ Not a word ♪

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♪ Not a word ♪

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♪ Not a word ♪

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(piano music)