Highway 61 In the 1940s and '50s, Highway 61 was the freedom road over which many, many African-Americans traveled north to what they hoped would be a better life. Some found it better; some found it worse. But moving north offered hope, and many went searching. Highway 61 by Beth Boswell Jacks Blues Highway Road of our daddies Take us to Memphis To Beale To the low, mellow voices Begging for eyes to see Begging for ears to hear Begging for hearts to love Blues Highway Straight and narrow Take us to Memphis Then north To freedom, Lord, freedom Away from the fields Away from the dust Away from the tears And then God willing Bring us home Again. |
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Editor of USADEEPSOUTH, Beth Boswell Jacks is the author of 3 books (Grit, Guts, and Baseball and Snippets I and II) and is also a weekly columnist for a number of Southern newspapers. Readers and editors may contact her at bethjacks@hotmail.com.Want to know more about Beth? Click here
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