A bit of the life of Ray Cgarles and a quiz

[moof]

It was on the road in the 1950's that the realities of segregation, its
evils, its injustices, even its ludicrous moments, became apparent to
Charles and his troupe of traveling musicians.

It was a concert day in Augusta, GA that brought the issue of
segregation vs. civil rights to a head for Ray Charles.

"A promoter insisted that a date we were about to play be
segregated: the blacks upstairs and the whites downstairs.

"I told the promoter that I didn't mind segregation, except
that he had it backwards. . . After all, I was black and it only
made sense to have the black folk close to me. . . Let him
sue. I wasn't going to play. And I didn't. And he sued. And I
lost."

This was the incident that propelled Ray Charles into an active role in
the quest for racial justice, the development of social consciousness
that led him to friendship with and moral and financial support of the
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960's.

"...early on, I decided that if I was going to shoot craps on
anyone's philosophy, I was putting my money on Martin
Luther King Jr.

"I figured if I was going to pick up my cross and follow
someone, it could only be Martin."

Despite his deep commitment to King and the cause of black
Americans, Charles came to the logical conclusion that there was no
place for him physically in the front lines:

"First, I wouldn't have known when to duck when they
started throwing broken bottles at my head. And I told that
to Martin personally.

"When he intentionally broke the law, he was hauled off to
jail. And when you go to jail, you need money for lawyers,
for legal research, for court fees, for food for the marchers.
I saw that as my function; I helped raise money."

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And the quiz, what was the second word in the title of the two CD set of
Greatest hits that Ray put out with Sandstone music ?

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Huh?

--bkl

[moof]

2. You are correct BareKnuckleLiberal

What was the last word in the title of the two CD set of Greatest hits that Ray put out with Sandstone music ?
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The complete name was " Ray Charles his greatest hits uh huh " and contained 41 of Ray's best tunes