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"Fables of Faubus"
"Fables of Faubus" by composer and bassist Charles Mingus (1922−1979) was composed as a satirical protest against Arkansas governor Orval E. Faubus who, in 1957, had deployed Arkansas National Guard soldiers to Little Rock Central High School to prevent the integration of African American students. The original 1959 recording on the album Mingus Ah Um did not include lyrics due to objections by executives at Columbia Records. |