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• Worth Long speaks at the Rinzler Memorial Concert.
  Photo by Harold Dorwin, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Photographer Roland Freeman (left) and Worth Long (right).
  Photo by Harold Dorwin, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Rising Star Fife and Drum band, led by Sharde Thomas, perform. 
  Photo by Harold Dorwin, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Sweet Heaven Kings, led by Norvus Butch Miller, are one of the premier Washington D.C. shout bands, based in the United House of Prayer in Anacostia.
  Photo by Harold Dorwin, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives
• Sweet Heaven Kings perform at the Rinzler memorial concert. 
  Photo by Harold Dorwin, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives

Despite the bad weather, the Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert was held indoors on June 30. The concert honored Worth Long, folklorist and civil rights worker, and featured performances by Sweet Heaven Kings, the premier Washington D.C. shout band, based in the United House of Prayer in Anacostia, and the Rising Star Fife and Drum band from Northern Mississippi led by Sharde Thomas.

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