CSPAN American Perspectives July 4, 2010
spirituals as they work on this capital. as black laborers yards for freedom, psalms echoed against these marble halls today. to you do a lift up my eyes. to you who dwell in the heavens, my eyes like the eyes of slaves, fixed on the hands of their masters. the eyes of a servant and the slightest gesture of a mistress, so our eyes or one u zero lord our god unto you show mercy. have mercy on us allured -- oh lord. we are full of content overflowing on our souls because of the scorn of the wealthy and the arrogant disdain of the prowl. -- distain of the prowl the. -- distain of the pr...
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