When Chuck Berry returned from touring Australia in 1959, he couldn’t be more thankful for the country he had back home. After witnessing the institutional racism affecting black Australian Aborigines, Berry felt fortunate for his homeland and started writing a tribute to America. “This is the greatest country on earth, of that there is no […]
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