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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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Joan Baez (left) and Bob Dylan perform at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Baez American folksinger, political activist. Dylan American folksinger, moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s. folk music
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