Arts & Entertainment
The Harry T. Burleigh Society was instrumental in seeking a memorial to Harry T. Burleigh.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Charles Kennedy Jr., a local singer and storyteller, performs “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child,”
during a performance at the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008. Kennedy told stories and
sang songs about Erie native Harry T. Burleigh, the father of the spirituals. FILE PHOTO/ERIE TIMES-NEWS
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