History isn't only written in the pages of library books or captured on film or in documentaries - it also lives and breathes in song. Here is a selection of songs of hope and resistance, to mark Black History Month.
Sampa The Great - Freedom
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (1967)
Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready (2001)
The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Melba Moore - Lift Every Voice and Sing (1990)
Andra Day - Rise Up (2015)
James Brown - Say It Loud ... I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968)
Bob Marley - Redemption Song (1980)
Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up (1973)
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (1964)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1963)
Billie Holliday Strange Fruit (19 )
D'Angelo - The Charade (2015)
Fela Kuti - Zombie (1977 )
Beyonce - Freedon (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (2016)
Cynthia Erivo - Stand Up (2019)
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (1971)
The Full Playlist
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