We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with music Friday
Inspired by the words and actions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., We Shall Overcome at the Mondavi Center, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis, ties together a living lineage of music and culture that includes traditional gospel, modern gospel, classical, jazz, Broadway and spirituals. Five astounding singers and a quartet of musicians led by music director Damien Sneed bring together songs from Aretha Franklin, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Donny Hathaway, as well as traditional spirituals to evoke the inspirations, struggles and triumphs of civil rights activists and defenders.
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