Eight months before he gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington D.C., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of a crowd at a high school gymnasium in Rocky Mount, N.C. and spoke the iconic words. This is the first documented recording of that speech. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers His "I Have A Dream" Speech in Rocky Mount, NC in 1962

Pop culture expert Mark Anthony Neal discusses on "The State of Things" the legacy of popular black musicians showcasing their political messages. The clip also includes a portion of Kendrick Lamar's performance at this years Grammys.

#BackChannel: Kendrick Lamar's Grammys, Beyonce's Super Bowl and Remebering Maurice White

Listen to pop culture expert Natalie Bullock Brown on "The State of Things" discuss Beyonce's performance at the Super Bowl and the new song "Formation."

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Dom Flemons Sings Leadbelly For Episode 1 of American Songster Radio. More about this podcast: http://wunc.org/topic/american-songster-radio-podcast

Dom Flemons Sings Leadbelly For Episode 1 of American Songster Radio

Dom Flemons Sings Jimmie Rodgers "My Little Lady" For Episode 2 of American Songster Radio Podcast. Podcast details at: http://wunc.org/topic/american-songster-radio-podcast

Dom Flemons Sings Jimmie Rodgers "My Little Lady" For Episode 2 of American Songster Radio Podcast

Demonstrations over this week’s fatal shootings in Dallas, Minnesota and Louisiana spread to North Carolina on Friday, with gatherings in Raleigh,...Sat, 09 Jul 2016 07:24:43 -0400

After Shootings Across The Country, North Carolina Grieves

On Episode 4 of American Songster Radio, Dom Flemons calls Valerie June to talk about hymn singing, the Carter Family, and the story of her unlikely first gig in New York City.

To cap off the program, Flemons performs a version of “Strange Things Happening Everyday,” a song by gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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Dom Flemons - Strange Things Happening Every Day

Recorded in the early to mid 1990s at WUNC-FM in Chapel Hill NC. Based on Tommy Thompson's one-man play about the history of the banjo.

The Last Song of John Profitt - Tommy Thompson

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