This Black History Month we celebrated Black History by showcasing music that fueled civil rights movements past and present. We launched the #ProtestMusicBHM social media campaign by asking our online community to share their favorite protest music with their online friends as well.
If you weren’t able to participate in this month’s challenge don’t worry. We’ve included a list to our favorite protest music below. Recieve notifications for upcoming social media challenges by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
#ProtestMusicBHM Recommendations
1. Compared to What – Les McCann & Eddie Harris
2. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
3. Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone (Elaine’s pick)
4. Marvin Gaye- What’s going on
5. Strange Fruit- Billie Holiday
6. Oh Freedom- Shirley Verrett
7. People Get Ready – Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
8. The Message- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
9. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder
11. Bob Marley- Get up, stand up- Bob Marley
12. Freedom- Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar
13. A Change is gonna come- Sam Cooke
15.Glory – Common feat. John Legend
20.Lift Every Voice and Sing- Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff
22.I wish I knew how it would feel to be free – Nina Simone
23.The house I live in -Paul Robeson
24.Talking About a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
25.Open Letter to a Landlord – Living Colour
26.Gotta Be – Des’ree
27. How Many- Miguel
28. Better Days – Victoria Monet & Ariana Grande
