Walking. Morningside Heights.
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Monthly Archives: February 2020
11 February 2020
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Music, New York, playlist
8 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Don’t Take Away My Heaven – Aaron Neville
Take Me to the Alley – Gregory Porter
Battle Hymn of the Republic – The Abyssinian Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir
Work for Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Off Beat Blues – Adina Nyree
To Be Young, Gifted and Black – Nina Simone
The Donald – A Tribe Called Quest
I’m on My Way – The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir
We’ll Be Together Again – Harry Pickens
Until the End of Time – 2Pac
S.O.S. – will.i.am
More – Usher
God Bless the Children – TT the Artist
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel – Fannie Lou Hamer
Keisha Complexion – Shea Diamond
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6 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Soul Rebel – Bob Marley
Cheer Up – Bob Marley
Is This Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Redemption Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Treat You Right – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Them Belly Full – Bob Marley & The Wailers
7 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
I Can’t Breathe – Garner Family
Brown Skin – India. Arie
One Mic – Nas
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Americans – Janell Monae
i – Kendrick Lamar
Formation – Beyonce
Wake up Evertbody – Keb’ Mo’
Penitentiary Philosophy – Erykah Badu
Brotha – Angie Stone
No Knock – Gil Scott-Heron
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore – Fannie Lou Hamer
Sandra’s Smile – Blood Orange
Say My Name – Maimouna Youssef
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
5 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
Renegades of Funk – Afrika Bambaata & The Soul Sonic Force
Colors – Ice-T
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Control – Janet Jackson
Proud to be Black – Run-DMC
Lavi Difisil – Our Native Daughters
He Loves Me – Brittany Howard
I’m on My Way to Freedom Land – Sweet Honey in the Rck
Stand Your Ground – Pharoahe Monch
Super Life – Chaka Khan
Rest in Power – Black THought
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4 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Sister Rosa – The Neville Brothers
Rosa Sat – MUSE, Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir
Rosa Parks – Outkast
I Should Be Proud – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Ball of Confusion – The Temptations
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Machine Gun – Jimi Hendrix
Black Is – The Last Poets
Give More Power to the People – The Chi-Lites
Be Real Black for Me – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Black Maybe – Syreeta
I Stand Accused – Isaac Hayes
Precious Lord – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New York, playlist
Definitions 1
Despair: a luxury I cannot afford
Resolve: a stance I must enhance
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events
3 February 2020
Treadmill. Stretching. Blink.
People Get Ready – The Impressions
Soul Man – Sam & Dave
James Brown – Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud
Think – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone
The Klan – Richie Havens
Friendship Train – Gladys Knight & The Pips
Shadows of Society – Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Ghetto – Donny Hathaway
Alabama – John Coltrane Quartet
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Polly Ann’s Hammer – Our Native Daughters
Virtuoso – Black Violin
Run Mourner, Run – Fannie Lou Hamer
Stille Tränen, Op. 32, No. 10 – Marian Anderson
2 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Go Down Moses – Paul Robeson
Wade in the Water – The Blind Boys of Alabama
This Little Light of Mine – “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Chorus
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
The Bourgeois Blues – Lead Belly
Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
No More Auction Block – Kim & Reggie Harris
Poor Man’s Blues – Bessie Smith
Oh Freedom – Sweet Honey in the Rock
My Lord, What a Morning – Marian Anderson
Black and Blue – Ain’t Misbehavin’
There Is a Balm in Gilead – The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Steal Away – The Princely Players
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1 February 2020
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Let America Be America Again (by Langston Hughes) – James Earl Jones
At the Purchaser’s Option – Rhiannon Giddens
Wade in the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Juneteenth – Cast of Black-ish
Have a Talk with God – Stevie Wonder
New World Symphony – Earth, Wind & Fire
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Forward – Beyonce
Great Day – Kim & Reggie Harris
Moving On – Sweet Honey in the Rock
This Little Light of Mine – “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” Choir
He’s God the Whole World in His Hands – Odetta
I’m Just a Slave – The Roots
Every Time I Feel the Spirit – The Florida A&M Choir
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Don’t Want to Get Away – Carter Anderson
Handsome Johnny – Richie Havens
Better Git Yer Learnin’ – Our Native Daughters
For What It’s Worth – Keb’ Mo’
Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King – Big Maybelle
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Along the Graybeard Trail 