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In this special artist showcase hosted by the People’s Music Network and co-sponsored by folkVOTE, an ensemble of cooperating artists are coming together to present a timely evening of songs about voting. We'll address 3 themes:
*Voting To Save Democracy (20th century-present) *Women's Suffrage (19th century-present) *Voting Rights as Civil Rights (20th century-present)
*Voting To Save Democracy (20th century-present)
*Women's Suffrage (19th century-present)
*Voting Rights as Civil Rights (20th century-present)
The 2020 election will be like no other in American history. Never before has a sitting President publicly threatened to disregard the will of the voters. That threat is an attack on the right to vote, a right that was won through struggle.
On July 20, 1848 Frederick Douglass stood with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls, NY to demand the vote for women. After 72 years of struggle, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920, granting women the vote.
On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Four months later, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote.
Performers (in order of performance):
0. 7.00 PM: Intro by our hosts: Sharleen Leahey & Lynn Marie Smith, 1. 7.06 PM: Susanna Rich, "I am Lucy Burns" www.wildnightsproductions.com 2. 7.12 PM: John McCutcheon, "Vote Dammit!" www.folkmusic.com 3. 7.18 PM: Spook Handy, "Vote!" www.spookhandy.com 4. 7.24 PM: Sarah Pirtle, "Sister of Spirit" www.sarahpirtle.com 5. 7.30 PM: Katherine Rhoda, "Alive, Oh!" www.katherinerhoda.com 6. 7.36 PM: Si Kahn, "I Have Seen Freedom" https://sikahn.com/ 7. 7.42 PM: Charlie King, "Three Faces in a Row" www.charlieking.org 8. 7.48 PM: Hali Hammer, "Votin' USA" www.halihammer.com 9. 7.54 PM: Jendog Lonewolf, "Harriet Tubman" www.ilovejendog.bandcamp.com/album/eyesup-wiseup-riseup 10. 8.00 PM: Saro Lynch Thomason, "1920" www.Sarosings.com 11. 8.06 PM: Sharleen Leahey, "The Woman’s Suffrage Song" www.rumorsofpeace.net 12. 8.12 PM: Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, "Uncle Sam's Daughter" www.sparkyandrhonda.com 13. 8.18 PM: Gary Allard, "Gun Laws (Vote or Die)" 14. 8.24 PM: Lydia Adams Davis, "The Literacy Test Song" www.lydiaadamsdavis.com 15. 8.30 PM: Pat Lamanna, "Vote 'Em Out" www.patlamanna.com 16. 8.36 PM: John Dillon (with Virtual Choir of Resistance), "A Perfect Storm" www.SingTruth.org 17. 8.42 PM: Tom Smith, "Talkin' Election" www.tomsmithmusic.com 18. 8.48 PM: Lynn Marie Smith, "Women Vote" www.lynnmariemusic.com
Agenda
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