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ed him into taking an active
role in the quest for racial
justice.
He developed a strong sense
of social consciousness that
led to a friendship with, as
well as moral and financial
support for, the Rev. Martin
Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s.
But his awareness of racial
injustice was not limited to
the home front. During those
same years, he fought the war
against racial injustice in the
American South, Charles also
fought it abroad, particularly
the notorious policy of apar-
theid in South Africa.
Often modest to the point of
silence, Charles makes an ex-
ception for the State of Israel
and world Jewry.
Among the many world
leaders he has met, Charles
says the one he most enjoyed
was former Israeli Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion,
with whom he had a conver-
sation of many hours during
a concert tour of Israel not
long before Ben-Gurion's
death.
"Blacks and Jews are hook-
ed up and bound together by
a common history of persecu-
tion," he says. "And if some-
one besides a black ever sings
the real gut bucket blues, it'll
be a Jew. We both know what
it's like to be someone else's
footstool."
A man who could easily
turn his back on world con-
flict and be content to reap
the many rewards of his long-
standing career, Charles is
not like every other man. He
is famous now. He knows
that. His star sits on
Hollywood Boulevard's Walk
of Fame. There is the bronze
medallion cast, presented to
him by the French Republic
on behalf of its people. There
are the Halls of Fame to
which he's been inducted:
Rhythm and Blues, Jazz,
Rock 'n Roll. There are many
gold records and 10 Grammy
Awards. And there is much,
much more.
But, for him, there's still a
lot of music to make and a lot
of work to right all the
wrongs around the globe.
"There's still a lot of pre-
judice in the world today," he
says. "But you must realize
that all of us, regardless of
what our calling is, still live
in the world with other peo-
ple. We're not separated from
the world just because we
happen to be a musician or a
painter or whatever. We're
> still all part of one big world,
so whatever happens affects
us all. I do what I can. I think
all of us owe that to each
other; to give something back
to the earth and its people
just like we take something
out." ❑

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