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Sweet Honey in the Rock 20th Anniversary concert
Concert at Howard University campus, 1993.
Sweet Honey in the Rock is a Grammy Award winning African-American female a cappella ensemble, founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The group’s music is rooted in the tradition of spirituals, hymns, and gospel, as well as jazz and blues. Their repertoire includes many songs promoting political and social justice. The concert is preceded by a ritual drumming ceremony tribute accompanied by a performance by members of a martial arts academy, followed by a brief reading of an excerpt from the anthology _We Who Believe in Freedom_, the first book put out by the group. Commentators review the group’s history and philosophy. Tape covers only first half of concert (ten songs, including “Spiritual”, “Ballad of the Broken Word”, “No Mirrors”, “In This Land”, “Patchwork Quilt” etc),
then cuts out abruptly.
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