AT A TIME when a black man resides in the White House, it's sobering to recall the not so distant past - when overt racism was accepted throughout most of America.

For the better part of the last century, blacks were relegated to the back of the bus, with beatings, and even legalized lynching imposed on those that challenged the status quo.

When Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955, it set in motion a sea change.

Let Freedom Sing, a new film and separately available 3-CD box set, explores the songs that inspired the movement.

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