MITSOTAKIS: Juneteenth Day: ‘Before I’ll Be A Slave, I’ll Be Buried In My Grave’
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MITSOTAKIS: Juneteenth Day: ‘Before I’ll Be A Slave, I’ll Be Buried In My Grave’

Spyridon Mitsotakis

In addition to being a civil rights champion, Bayard Rustin was a singer of Christian Spirituals. His personal favorite was “Oh, Freedom!”

Before singing this song at a live concert on February 15, 1973, he took a minute to fill in his audience on the history of Juneteenth Day:

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