Lift Evr’y Voice and Sing 

presented by

Daryl Harris

Department of Theatre & Dance

Northern Kentucky University

Co-sponsored by the Kentucky Humanities Council

For African Americans throughout Kentucky and the country, spirituals were the soundtracks upon which the Underground Railroad movement rolled. Freedom songs later helped pave the way toward true liberation. Because of its particular geographical and political positioning, Kentucky gave birth to its own unique musical expressions. Not all African Americans in Kentucky were enslaved; therefore the reservoir of folk culture from which they drew their characteristic forms of expression was rich and deep - often without fixed boundaries between the sacred and the secular. In this talk, Harris takes the audience on a musical history tour through hurt, healing and happiness. 

Thursday, February 9 at 7 PM.  All library programs are free and open to the public in the upstairs community room.  For additional information contact Bobbie Wrinkle 270-442-2510 X 119  bwrinkle@mclib.net