Extra Measure: The Layton's (parents of pianist/composer Turner Layton)

Learn about Professor John T. Layton, longtime choir director of an historic D.C. church, and his wifeJulia Mason Layton, teacher and later activist and lecturer, who rallied for women's voting rights,among other causes. The couple helped produce the first AME Church hymnal to have muscial notation.Some clips from the Library of Congress. www.loc.govSome sound effects provided through FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk)Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023.