The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day

There is depth here in this short recording. It was 1956 and no one knew what was coming next. Something great was stirring in the people. We needed to hear these voices. People were talking to another, face-to-face, coming out of a hot war but deep in a cold war. We were not a nation at peace, internally or externally. Would it be permanent and escalating war or would it be peace and justice? Would Roosevelt's New Deal continue and be fixed, or would it be Truman's and Eisenhower's permanent warfare economy?

There was prosperity, but it seemed to make people uneasy, and it often served to highlight the situations of those who were being left behind. People had every reason to expect more and better, but there were powerful interests in the United States who dug in and resisted change and used violence. 

I think that you can hear the stirring of the times in this music.