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nolabear

(41,987 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 09:35 PM Dec 2014

Stevie Wonder last night in Seattle, on Ferguson and NYC

http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/955629-129/watch-stevie-wonders-impromptu-speech-in

The video is at the link. I posted in another thread about the incredible power of this concert on this night, and his words.

By the way, the gorgeous woman in the white gown and tignon is India Airie, and the tall, light-haired woman in the middle is his daughter, the one for whom he wrote "Isn't She Lovely?"

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Stevie Wonder last night in Seattle, on Ferguson and NYC (Original Post) nolabear Dec 2014 OP

Mahalo nolabear.. I thanked Stevie.. from your link.. Cha Dec 2014 #1

... nolabear Dec 2014 #2

Backatcha.. Cha Dec 2014 #3

Cha

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1. Mahalo nolabear.. I thanked Stevie.. from your link..

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Thu Dec 4, 2014, 09:45 PM

Dec 2014

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"I do understand that something is wrong, real wrong, and we as family, Americans, all of us of all colors, need to fix it with a quickness, real soon. I love you, I really love you, and know that. And this is why this song is unfortunately still relevant today."

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Thu Dec 4, 2014, 09:47 PM

Dec 2014

Cha

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3. Backatcha..

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Thu Dec 4, 2014, 09:48 PM

Dec 2014

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