Day 14 Description

Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:23 pm

Today, we invite you to engage with Black artistry through perspectives in poetry and musical selections that demonstrate the breadth of the Black experience with joy and pain.
Poetry Selections
Between the World and Me - Richard Wright (Listen to this poem)
Harlem - Langston Hughes (Listen to this poem)
1977: Poem for Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer - June Jordan
Who Said it was Simple - Audre Lord (Listen to this poem)
The World Rising - Alice Walker

Musical Selections
Lift Every Voice and Sing - James Weldon Johnson (lyrics) & J. Rosamond Johnson (music) performed by Melinda Doolittle
Revolutions (Parts 1 and 2) - Nina Simone
Mississipi Goddamn - Nina Simone
To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Nina Simone
Backlash Blues - Nina Simone
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
Glory - Common and John Legend
Freedom - Beyonce (featuring Kendrick Lamar)