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Make Them Hear You, Kid
This is about a song called “Make Them Hear You,” and a boy named Rory Leech. I’ll tell you about the song, and I’ll let Rory tell you the rest.
The song, from the musical Ragtime, was written for the character of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., an African American man who urges the members of his gang to protest racial injustice peacefully, even though he himself will end up its martyr. It was the penultimate song in the show.
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