The year was 1964! Martin Luther King Jr. still had four years to live, and the struggle for Civil Rights was igniting the nation. King’s March on Washington, a year earlier, had been a success, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approaching passage. And then a song was released, one that perfectly summed up the fight so far and imparted the strength to keep going: “Keep on Pushing” by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. King adopted the song as the unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement, and Mayfield and the Impressions became one of the first R&B artists to bring social consciousness to their music.
Keep on pushing/The Impressions
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