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Hollis Watkins
Jackson, MS
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| Hollis Watkins, a veteran activist and freedom singer, gets
the group singing and feeling their freedom spirit. |
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| Hollis Watkins and group. |
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| "Time seemed to fly by as we sat in that
room, listening to a man that took our breath away with
his sweet gentle voice... When he started to sing, he became
ageless. It seemed as though it could have been 1962, and
when we sang with him, it felt as though we were really
part of that movement, fighting for freedom. Again it is
hard to describe the emotions, the mood of the room, and
the camaraderie I felt at that point. It felt as though
right at that moment, nothing else in the world mattered."
-Kristina Riordan |
| "Hollis Watkins was one of those people
who one can only meet once in a lifetime." -Doug Toomer |
| "I really would have liked to of known
what my fellow travelers thought about the whole Hollis
Watkins thing --Did they feel justified in singing his songs
with him, or that they were trespassing, unbidden, on sacred
ground, as I felt I might have been? I didn't get to ask."
-Kate Fiorucci |
| "Hollis Watkins taught us songs from
the movement about not being afraid, and not backing down
and wanting freedom. What he shared with us was so powerful
, that I think each person in the room came out with a little
piece of Hollis Watkins in him or her." -Student |
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