A New Song at the Lincoln Memorial
On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people stood shoulder to shoulder along the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., their faces turned toward the Lincoln...
This is a contemporary on worship and inspiration, drawing on Psalm 40:3.
On August 28, 1963, a quarter million people stood shoulder to shoulder along the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D. C. , their faces turned toward the Lincoln Memorial. The afternoon heat pressed down on the crowd, but when Mahalia Jackson stepped to the microphone and sang "I Been 'Buked and I Been Scorned," something shifted in the air. Her voice — deep, aching, triumphant — rolled across that sea of humanity like a wave of holy fire.…
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