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Mark Haslett's Blog
2:22 pm
Thu July 4, 2013

Happy Birthday, United States of America

Credit museumofuncutfunk.com
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By Mark Haslett

If you've never heard Paul Robeson singing "Ballad for Americans," here it is.

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