'Freedom Sings' Program Scheduled
Oct. 9 At WKU

September 16, 2003

Bowling Green, Ky. - The College Heights Herald and the Glasgow Daily Times are co-sponsoring "Freedom Sings," a First Amendment program, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Western Kentucky University's Van Meter Auditorium.

"Freedom Sings" is a live performance that expresses the history of First Amendment Rights through music. The program combines narration, multimedia and musical performances to entertain and inform.

"As Western focuses on getting students engaged in moral and civic learning inside and outside the classroom, 'Freedom Sings' reflects our commitment to the American Democracy Project," said Robert Adams, director of Student Publications and Herald adviser. The program is free and open to the public.

"Freedom Sings" will include music that was censored in the late 1960s including songs recorded by Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steppenwolf and Merle Haggard. Singers, songwriters and musicians, most from the Nashville area, will perform.

The first recorded censorship of music publishing in America occurred more than 260 years ago, according to the First Amendment Center, which presents "Freedom Sings." The First Amendment Center is a program of the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.

For more information, contact Robert Adams at (270) 745-6278. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

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