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"Freedom Now Suite"
"We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite" is a multi-part, music composition depicting African American history from slavery to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The world premiere took place on January 15, 1961, at a benefit for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The title is derived from a quote by civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, "Youth and idealism are unfurling. Masses of Negroes are marching onto the stage of history and demanding their freedom now!" |