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How One Song Captured Two Revolutions
Season 6
Episode 2
How did 'I Shall Be Released' become a source of inspiration for both the US Civil Rights and South African Civil rights movements? Through covers by Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba, we see the history of music in these revolutions.
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