Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

The music video offsets black-and-white footage of 20th-century protests with full-color clips of The Roots performing in the studio. Like many freedom song of the era, it's designed to be easily ...

In 1964, she composed the song “Sign My Name to Freedom,” in honor of Susan Sanford ... “Proclaimed white as sinless and black straight from Dante. Ebony the night, ebony satin bright. Star jewels ...

The Black citizens' faith and a year-long boycott ... It's very easy, if you're not aware, to miss the value of that documentation. Freedom songs are documents created by a collective voice.

Chatham Community Library celebrates Black History Month with Reggie Harris' "Freedom Songs and the Civil Rights Movement" ...