Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Staple Singers' anthem a call for whitey to pay for their ancestor's crimes

08/28/13


One of the more stirring and heartfelt songs from the civil rights era is When Will We Be Paid, by the Chicago soul and gospel group The Staple Singers.
In plainspoken but soulful terms Mavis Staples unpacks the backbone of American prosperity: black slave labor.

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