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FACT: "Happy Birthday" decreased awareness of civil rights history. A scene in the 1987 civil rights movement documentary
Eyes on the Prize featured the song in archival footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After the film's initial release, clearance rights to the song expired and
the cost to renew was too high. So the time capsule of American history became virtually obsolete until 2008, when grants through PBS, covered ...
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FACT: "Happy Birthday" decreased awareness of civil rights history. A scene in the 1987 civil rights movement documentary
Eyes on the Prize featured the song in archival footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After the film's initial release, clearance rights to the song expired and
the cost to renew was too high. So the time capsule of American history became virtually obsolete until 2008, when grants through PBS, covered the cost of a re-release.
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