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Democracy, American-Style: "People Gotta Vote, Man!"

Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
From: Sharon Glassman
Length: 00:02:05

Donathan, a local singer/songwriter challenges listeners to ditch their complacency and vote! Read the full description.
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Donathan, a local singer/songwriter, exhorts listeners to shrug off their complacency, which erodes civil rights, and recites a verse he wrote about democracy under Bush II. One of 15 chats with real people we recorded in front of an apple cider stand we set up in Brooklyn.

Public Radio Collaboration 2003 Features - The Culture of Democracy

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