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https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/comment-page-1/#comment-31485 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:05:42 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/#comment-31485 FMU traces itself back to an all-black school in Jacksonville, Florida where the two brothers who wrote the song were alumni, and it was first performed there. That is the reason for their strong music program.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/comment-page-1/#comment-31478 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:23:18 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/#comment-31478 “Lift ev’ry voice” is a common expression among those who participated in the civil rights movement (it’s from a hymn tune, I’m sure)… so much so that Lani Guinier titled her third popular book “Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice“. Maybe we could use some of that kind of inspiration about now.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/comment-page-1/#comment-31448 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:42:40 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/#comment-31448 They produce some great gospel choirs at FMU, Jill.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/comment-page-1/#comment-31445 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:20:47 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/11/18/passing-the-plate-78/#comment-31445 Hmmm…a different big kitty. Do Lions actually “lift and sing” though?

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