>>
>> SHE
>> SHE KEPT PERFORMING EVEN THROUGH HEALTH ISSUES AND SHE
WAS 76 YEARS OLD AND PASSED
AWAY FROM 4@PANCREATIC CANCER.
HER FOUR SONS WERE AROUND HER
TODAY WHEN SHE PASSED.
>>> ARETHA FRANKLIN USED HER
VOICE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES.
>> SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
SHE WAS AND OLD -- SHE WAS AN
OLD SOUL AND A WONDERFUL
FRIEND.
FRIEND.
FRIEND. IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS HERE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SHE WAS A LOVING AND SWEET
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. SHE USED HER VOICE AND HER
ABILITY TO SING TO TELL THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. WHETHER IT WAS IN CHURCH, AND
THE CLUB, SHE DID IT ALL.4@
>> SHE WAS A ONCE IN A
GENERATION AR4@TIST AND YET, MU
LIKE HANK AARON INVOLVED IN
SOCIAL JUSTICE IS MUCH AS SHE
WA4@S 4@4@IN PERFORMING.
SHE WAS IN EARLY VOICE 4@THAT N
ONLY PUT HER 4@VOICE TO THE CIV
RIGHTS MOVEMENT BUT ALSO HER
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. WHEN MONEY WAS NEEDED SHE
TOURED WITH HARRY BELAFONTE.
>> SHE DID HER BEST TO HELP
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. SHE
OUT. SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE
4@MOVEMENT OF SUCCESS.
WHETHER RAISING MONEY FOR THE
CLUB OR A CHURCH, A CONCERT
HALL OR JUST VISITING PEOPLE.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS WOMAN.
ONCE, HERE IN 4@ATLANTA AT THE
LAST INVENTION OF THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. ORGANIZATION.
SHE CAME IN SAYING.
AND SHE KEPT SINGING.
SHE WOULD NOT STOP SINGING.
SHE GOT HAPPY 4@AND DOCTOR KING
ASK SOMEONE TO GET HER TO STOP
AND SHE WOULD NOT STOP.
>> HER FATHER WAS CLOSE WITH
DOCTOR KING AND HE WAS IN THEIR
4@
DOCTOR KING AND HE WAS IN THEIR HOUSE OFTEN TIMES WHEN SHE WAS
4@LITTLE.
4@LITTLE.
4@LITTLE. >> DOCTOR KING WOULD VISIT THE
HOME IN DETROIT AND HAVE A
MEAL.
MEAL.
MEAL. HE
MEAL. HE WOULD PREACH AT THE CHURCH.
SHE HEARD DOCTOR 4@KING WHEN SH
WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
AND SHE ADMIRED HIM AND LOVED
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. SHE
HIM. SHE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
HELP HIM MAKE THE MOVEMENT OF 4@
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. >> AND SANG AT HIS FUNERAL.
>> SHE PERFORMED AT HIS VERN4@A
-- FUNERAL AND SHE WAS ONE OF
THE KIND.
THE KIND.
THE KIND. >> DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST
TIME YOU EVER MET HER?
>> I MET HER IN NASHVILLE.
I WAS A STUDENT THERE.
SHE CAME DOWN THERE TO PERF4@OR
AS A YOUNG PERSON AND I SAW HER
IN WASHINGTON ON OCCASION IN
NEW YORK, MANY TIMES HERE IN
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. SHE LOVED THE CITY AND SHE
LOVED THE PEOPLE AND AT THE
CONVENTION4@. I REMEMBER THE VE
LAST TIME I SAW HER WAS AT THE
PORTRAIT GALLERY IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. AND AT THE INAUGURATION
SHE HAD 4@THIS UNBELIEVAB4@LE H
ON.
ON.
ON. >>
ON. >> DO
ON. >> DO YOU REMEMBER IT?
>> I SAID ARETHA, I LIKE YOUR 4@
HAT.
HAT.
HAT. IT
HAT. IT IS DIFFERENT.
'S BACK SHE SAID JOHN, THIS IS
MY HAT AND I WILL WEAR IT WELL.
>> 4@SHE DID EVERYTHING WELL.
SHE JUMPS IN TO SING FOR
PAVAROTTI AT THE GRANDMAS --
GRAMMYS AND SHE COULDN'T SEEING
AND NO ONE SHE COULD CONNECT
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. >>
WITH. >> SHE WAS SO FREE AND IT
4@DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY WE
BLACK 4@OR WHITE OR ASIAN OR
NATIVE AMERICAN, SHE WAS AT
HOME WITH YOU.
SHE LOVED TO COOK AND 4@SHE LOV
A GOOD DEAL.
SHE WOULD SAY COME AND EAT WITH
ME.
ME.
ME. BREAK
ME. BREAK BREAD WITH ME.
>> I THINK IT IS INTERESTING
SHE COMES UP AT A TIME WHEN
THERE WAS THE 4@4@BEGINNING OF
INTERACTION BETWEEN WHITE AND
BLACK IN AMERICA AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND HER MUSIC PLAYED IN
SO MANY WHITE HOMES AND RADIOS
AND MANY HAD NOT BEEN DONE
BEFORE AND SHE WAS SUCH A
TRAILBLAZER AND AT A TIME WHEN
THAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH HER MUSIC.
SHE WAS SO AT HOME WITH HER
MUSIC AND PEOPLE COULD TELL AND
THEY KNEW IT.
SHE FELT FREE AND SHE FELT
LIBERATED AND SHE KNEW SHE HAD
A ROLL TO PLAY AND I THINK SHE
PLAYED IT WELL.
>> I HEARD HER SAY ONCE AND
THEN IN HER VIEW THAT IS
PRECISELY WHY SHE WOULD NOT
RETIRE AND SHE PERFORMED AS SHE
WAS BATTLING HEALTH ISSUES.
WHAT LEGACY DO YOU THINK WE
SEE.
SEE.
SEE. HER
SEE. HER MUSIC LIVES ON AND ON.
>> 4@SHE INSPIRED YOUNG PEOPLE.
PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. EVEN THOSE OF US THAT ARE
OLDER, TO NEVER 4@GIVE UP, TO
NEVER GIVE IN.
TO KEEP THE FAITH.
TO BE 4@BRAVE AND BOLD AND
COURAGEOUS.
COURAGEOUS. >> I SAW RESPECT WRITTEN BY SAM
COOKE.
COOKE.
COOKE. WE
COOKE. WE HAVE OUR OWN FINGERPRINTS
AND HER GREAT CATALOG.
>> I WOULD NEVER 4@FORGET THAT
SONG OR 4@HER SINGING IT.
ON OCCASION, WE WOULD GET OUT
OF JAIL AND GO TO A CLUB WITH
THE QUARTER AND 4@PLAY HER SONG
PLAY RESPECT.
PLAY RESPECT. THREE SONGS FOR A QUARTER.
>> A FAMOUS DISH OF FAMOUS OLD
CLUB CALLED THE PEACOCK.
>> THE PEACOCK.
>> EVERY SO OFTEN SHE WOULD BE
AT THE PEACOCK.
>> IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU, LIKE
SO MANY OTHERS, A SONG OF HERS
TAKES YOU BACK TO A CERTAIN 4@
PLACE AND MOMENT IN TIME, LIKE
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN SELMA.
>> YOU KNEW WHEN YOU LISTENED
TO THAT SONG AND WHEN YOU DANCE
OFFER MUSIC, SHE FREED US AND
SHE LIBERATED US AS A PEOPLE
AND AS A NATION.
>> CONGRESSMAN LEWIS WE
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY.
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