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At the time of this recording, Dr. King was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which guided the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
March 21, 2024“That’s the type of age that we live in. Bob Hope has described this age: it’s an age in which you might get a plane in Los Angeles, and by the time you take off develop hiccups, and you will “”hic”” in Los Angeles and “”hup”” in Washington D.C. You’re listening to the “The ...
March 21, 2024“There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.”
March 21, 2024“There’s a dear little plant that grows in our Isle, ’twas Saint Patrick himself sure that set it.”
March 15, 2024The Carter Family’s rendition of “Honey in the Rock”, a Coral Record from 1949.
March 5, 2024Nighttime is often the right time for thoughtful reflection..especially when one is on guard duty in the Army.
February 28, 2024One of the most distinctive signature sounds in all of recorded music.
February 23, 2024You’re listening to Pearl Bailey from 1946 and you’re on the Sound Beat. Pearl made her Broadway debut that year, performing “It’s a Woman’s Prerogative” in St. Louis Woman. Though audiences weren’t enamored of the play, her performance marked the beginning of a decades-long love affair between Bailey and the American public. That “special time together” ...
February 14, 2024