When Leonard Wilson was asked to sing a "country" version of the Negro National Anthem for this program, he gave it long and serious thought. When it came time to record his take, he said that he wanted to do this "Appalachian-style." It is an original arrangement, if there was one ever to be.

This clip is expanded from Leonard Wilson's appearance in JUNETEENTH JAMBOREE (2009).

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