A show dedicated to "True Life Experiences." The Life & Motivation of Ms.RuthaHarris, Freedom Singer and Civil Rights Activist.#RuthaHarris
"Ms, Rutha Harris, a lifelong resident of Albany, Georgia the 7th child born to the late Reverend and Mrs. I. A. Harris, founder of the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Albany, GA.
In 1961, Ms. Harris joined the Albany Movement and the Original Freedom Singers, traveling over 50,000+ miles singing for the cause of freedom and raising funds for The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Ms. Harris was jailed four times along with Dr. King, during the Albany Movement in 1961-62.
Ms. Harris professional career began in 1963 when the Freedom Singers were signed to a recording contract with Mercury Records. She has also recorded with the Landmark Gospel Singers, Georgia Mass Choir, Whitney Houston, and the Georgia Mass Choir. In addition, she has performed in 46 states, the Virgin Islands, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, The United Nations in New York, The NewPort Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, The March on Washington in Washington, D.C., The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and The Bahamas Island.
In 2004, Ms. Harris recorded her first CD titled “I’m On The Battlefield”. Also, in 2004 she performed in Pittsburgh, PA for the 50th year celebration of Brown vs. Board of Education."
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