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raccoon

(31,136 posts) Sun Feb 24, 2019, 07:48 PM Feb 2019

1964. I never knew of this song until just now, and thought I'd post a link here. There is a version by Harry Belafonte and someone else.

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I found a song about the Civil Rights workers, Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, who were murdered in (Original Post) raccoon Feb 2019 OP

Andrew Goodman was Paul Simon's college classmate. Paul wrote a song. Tactical Peek Feb 2019 #2

Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger malaise Feb 2019 #4

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1. Here is a Norman Rockwell painting of them, which many people also don't know about.

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 07:53 PM

Feb 2019

Murder in Mississippi:

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2. Andrew Goodman was Paul Simon's college classmate. Paul wrote a song.

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:04 PM

Feb 2019

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3. Thank you! I just listened to it. Great song. I always liked Simon and Garfunkel,

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:07 PM

Feb 2019

but never had any of their albums, so I am not familiar with songs of theirs that didnt make the charts. I'll have to look into their works more.

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4. Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 08:45 PM

Feb 2019

have given us so much history in song.