Employing the Civil Rights refrain Let justice roll and a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar this work is both inspirational and instructive. Set in a rhythmic groove the work builds to a powerful gospel chorus with a harmonized melisma on the word roll as if to symbolize the spread of justice throughout the land. Ideal for MLK concerts community events and concerts of all types.

Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On” are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of thestruggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard bass and drums or …