Lift every voice and sing

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1. Barbara Jordan with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London

[Hekate]

14. How I missed her majestic voice when it was stilled!

I watched the Watergate Hearings -- fiercely, fiercely -- and of all the legislators who spoke I admired Senator Dan Inouye and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan most of all. Along with many others, I had hoped she would attain some national office, but she retired from politics without publicizing her illness.

"The Constitution is whole."

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16. yes

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2. Ray Charles with the Raelettes

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3. Aretha Franklin

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4. Charlie Haden and Liberation Music Orchestra

I heard it in concert live, and have the album ("Not in Our Name&quot ... It's a medley of America the Beautiful (played in a very dissonant way—this was during the Bush years, and it was a political statement), combined with (woven in) the most moving, beautiful rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing I think I've ever heard.

Unfortunately, I can't find a video or audio online. Perhaps because it referred to a very specific moment in time, which is past (and because the Liberation Orchestra is only convened during such times), it has been removed. If you ever get a hold of this album, though, I highly recommend it. But I'm a big Charlie Haden fan.

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19. sounds really interesting!

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5. Chip Days

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6. Oh Yes

Amazing!!!

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7. The Voices Supreme

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8. Soul Children of Chicago

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9. Melba Moore

[lynne]

10. Stanford University Talisman A Capella choir -

- my very favorite version. Love this group!

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20. that's really good!

[lynne]

21. Discovered them about 10 years ago -

- they are a great hidden talent that I think many of us have heard at some point but we just don't realize it. Would love an opportunity to see them perform in person.

[hfojvt]

11. what the zark?

I don't hear a single voice.

Try this:

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12. Milton Suggs

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13. Gladys Knight & BeBe Winans

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15. Howard Gospel Choir

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17. Wintley Phipps

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18. Kim Weston