Word: belief
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...solicited recommendations for the successor to Coach Raymond from many football coaches and athletic directors,” Roselle said. “My guess is that one or more of them indicated their belief that Coach Murphy would be a good candidate...
Let’s not glamorize the demands of PSLM. Ultimately, its goal is to work against 250 years of history in this country, a history that has nurtured the belief that all people are entitled to negotiate with their employer, collectively or otherwise, for terms that are acceptable to both parties, without interference from third parties. Coercion—and there is no doubt that coercion is being practiced quite freely—eliminates that freedom...
...living symbol. The spiritual is the foundation upon which all other distinctly African-American forms of music, from jazz to rhythm and blues, have been built. While we have certainly come a long way, ongoing forms of discrimination and prejudice continue to make suffering, and a belief in the an eventual alleviation of that suffering, still a very present part of the African-American experience. That experience is told through the spirituals...
...days of American slavery, when slaves turned to their newly acquired religion, Christianity, for comfort. A musical and religious people, the slaves incorporated their new source of hope and strength into their music in what we now call “spirituals.” The spirituals expressed the belief that one day, they would be released from the chains of slavery and allowed to live freely again, if not in this life then in the afterlife. This music combined unique African rhythms and harmonies with Western elements creating a sound that is often called the first music native...
...Negro spiritual is not just a sorrow song but also contains an irrepressible sense of triumph and a belief that in the end, “everything is gonna be alright.” This brings us back to the Harvard campus favorite, “Ride On,” which implicitly taunts the slave-owners who think they will forever be able to exert their control over the slaves, saying, “One of these mornings and it won’t be long; you’re gonna look...