What is America? Who is America? Who's is America?
Frederick Douglass, “What To The Slave Is the Fourth of July? ” (1841), Black Perspectives
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848
Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus” (1883); Steve Macone, “The New ‘New Colossus‘” (2017)
Irvin Berlin “God Bless America” (1918; 1938); performed by Kate Smith
Langston Hughes, “I, Too, Sing America,” 1926 [poem only]; with analysis from Smithsonian historian David Ward
Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again” [with images]; [read by James Earl Jones]
Allen Ginsberg, “America” (1956; performed ?)
Odetta, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1956); performed Johnny Cash; performed by Joan Baez
Martin Luther King, Jr. “The American Dream,” (1965)
Jimi Hendrix, “Star Spangled Banner,” (1969); Whitney Houston, “Star Spangled Banner,” (1991)
Ray Charles, “America the Beautiful” (1972)
Woodie Guthrie, “This Land is Your Land“; performed by Bruce Springsteen (1985)
Simon & Garfunkel, “America” (1968); David Bowie, “America” (2002)
Neil Diamon, “America,” The Jazz Singer, 1980
James Brown, “Living in America,” 1985 [Rocky IV]
Toby Keith, “Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue” (2001)
Nas, “America“ (2008)
Cimorelli, “Made in America” (2013)
Lecrae, “Welcome to America” (2014)
Los Angeles Team, “Somewhere in America,” Brave New Voices 2014 Finals
Rihanna, “American Oxygen,” 2015
President Barack Obama, “Amazing Grace” (2015)
“Hallelujah,” performed by Kate McKinnon (2016)
“Immigrants: We Get the Job Done” (2017)
“Make America Great Again” performed by First Baptist Church in Dallas [lyrics here & full program]
A Group Blog on American Religious History and Culture
Source: http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2017/07/what-is-america-who-is-america-whos-is.html
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