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Later years

  • Program for the All-Eastern Division Gala Festival Concert, 1961.
  • Speech by Dawson to the American Choral Directors Convention.
  • Dawson, Ambassador Lodge, and others, Loyola, Spain [1956]
  • Flyer of Tuskegee crusade for citizenship, 1957
  • WC Handy, "Memphis Blues" from Dawson’s collection
  • Postcard advertising the Crescent Youth Symphony performance of the Negro Folk
                Symphony in 1975.
  • Honorary doctorate, Ithaca College, 1982
  • Dawson’s induction to Alabama Hall of Fame, 1987
  • Wayne State Glee Club, 1970
  • Dawson receiving his honorary doctoral degree at Lincoln University, May 7,
                1978
  • News release from the Creative Artists Workshop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),
                1981
  • Dawson's compositions continue to be performed both nationally and internationally.
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Dawson's compositions continue to be performed both nationally and internationally.

Here, through the generous permission of Dawson’s nephew, Mr. Milton L. Randolph, Jr., listen to seven tracks from the recording, “Spirituals: Tuskegee Institute Choir (William L. Dawson, Director): “I’ve Been ‘Buked,” “Ezekiel Saw de Wheel,” “Rockin’ Jerusalem,” Ain’a That Good News,” “I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,” “I Wan’ to Be Ready,” and “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit.” The full CD remains available through the Neil A. Kjos Music Company.