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about the historical significance and experiences
of African Americans in America and how laws and
customs defined them separately from the
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America's 400th Anniversary: |
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Voices from within the Veil |
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February 21-23, 2007 |
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This concert also featured actress, producer, and costume designer
Daphne Maxwell Reid , along with
actor James Avery narrating the concert. This musical showcase of
the African -American odyssey in America interwove song, prose, and instrumental pieces into the story of
the African-American quest to
achieve democracy in America.
Click here to view portions
of the concert
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The concert also featured the NSU Spartan Elite Jazz Combo. Our partner, WHRO, simulcast the concert on its radio station, WHRO 90.3 FM. |
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Gallery of the
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| The Virginia Symphony and the Norfolk State University Concert Choir performed in the concert, Voices Unveiled, February 22, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. The program featured, among other favorites, selections from Aaron Copland (The Lincoln Portrait), Adolphus Hailstork (Let a New Earth Arise), and Duke Ellington (Come Sunday). |
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Norfolk State University's President, Carolyn Meyers, read the Lincoln
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