Crawford Jenkins

Crawford Jenkins is a civil rights activist and Vietnam veteran whose life traces the contradictions of America in the 20th century. He marched in the 1963 March on Washington, crossed paths with leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and was later drafted into the Vietnam War while still denied full freedom at home. Music became his refuge and form of resistance, shaping how he survived, expressed himself, and ultimately passed a sense of freedom down through generations.