by Joshua Blue | Aug 11, 2017 | Song of the Day
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement A remix of Beyonce, and Kendrick Lamar’s “Freedom” this piece is filled with references to the Black Lives Matter movement as well as actual video content from many of the murders and...
by Joshua Blue | Aug 10, 2017 | Song of the Day
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Written under his “Blood Orange” moniker, Devonte Hynes wrote this piece as a collection of his thoughts, a delve into the life, and mind, of a person of color in the modern world. Racial...
by Joshua Blue | Aug 9, 2017 | Song of the Day
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Finding himself deeply affected by the death of Freddie Gray (April 19, 2015 – Baltimore, Maryland), Prince wrote this tribute song. Mentioning both Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, the piece is a...
by Joshua Blue | Aug 8, 2017 | Song of the Day
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Set to the tune of “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music, “Black Rage” was a reprisal, brought back shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown (August 9, 2014 – Ferguson,...
by Joshua Blue | Aug 7, 2017 | Song of the Day
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Written for the movie 2014 film Selma which followed the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this Oscar winning song connects the struggle and victories from the civil rights era to modern America and the...
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