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Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated
Read full article: Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integratedStephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned his younger brother Michael was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney.
George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95
Read full article: George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95George Wein, one of the great impresarios of 20th century music who helped found the Newport jazz and folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, has died at 95.
Bruce Springsteen receives this year's Woody Guthrie Prize
Read full article: Bruce Springsteen receives this year's Woody Guthrie PrizeBruce Springsteen has won the Woody Guthrie Prize, which is given annually to an artist seen as carrying on the spirit of the folk singer whose music focused on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised.