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In December 1964, the release of a particularly iconic Sam Cooke song would change the Civil Rights movement and the protest music that served as its backdrop forever—a monumental cultural and sonic ...

In July 2004, I went on a nine-day driving and reporting tour of Mississippi. On my itinerary was a pilgrimage to the house in Clarksdale where Sam Cooke was born. Cooke has been an obsession of mine ...