Tax Day. Jackie Robinson Day.
Taxman – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ain’t Got No Money – Justin Townes Earle
Money – Mary Fahl
Money – Cheryl K,, feat. Awkwafina
Money Song – Gracie’s Corner
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Take The Money And Run – Crosby & Nash
Work For Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Cash Money Blues – Kaiser Clifton
After Taxes – Johnny Cash
Income Tax Blues – Ralph Willis
You Never Give Me Your Money – The Beatles
Jackie Robinson – Radio Call (1956) – Bob Wolff
Eulogy For Jackie Robinson (/Steal Away Piano) – Rev. Jesse Jackson
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? – Natalie Cole
Jackie Robinson – Mark Isham
Jackie Robinson – Troy Patterson
Jackie Robinson – Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
Category Archives: Antiracism
15 April 2026
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Baseball, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
9 April 2026
Walking, North Domingo Baca Park.
Anniversary of Marian Anderson concert at Lincoln Memorial in 1939.
Paul Robeson birthday.
The first two songs are by Marian Anderson. I need to get more.
The remaining songs are by Paul Robeson.
My Lord, What a Morning
Stille Tränen, Op. 32, No. 10 4:48
Shenandoah
Deep River
Go Down, Moses
On My Journey
Water Boy
The Minstrel Boy
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Loch Lomond
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
Get on Board Little Children
Scandalize My Name
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Eriskay Love Lilt
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Mexican Lullaby
All Through the Night
Jerusalem
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
The Four Rivers
John Browns Body
Balm in Gilead
Chassidic Chant
From Border to Border
Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
The Lord God of Abraham, from Elijah, Op. 70
The Purest Kind of Guy
Joe Hill
The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten – song from a German concentration camp)
The Four Insurgent Generals
Native Land
Song of the Plains
Cradle Song
Within Four Walls
By an’ By
John Henry
Water Boy
My Curly Headed Baby
Mah Lindy Lou
Wagon Wheels
I Still Suits Me from Showboat
Sylvia
Ol’ Man River from Showboat
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, playlist
7 April 2026
Billie Holiday Birthday.
Rwandan Genocide Anniversary.
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday
Tutsi hutu – Michèle Bernard
Papaoutai – Stromae
Rwanda Rwiza (Beautiful Rwanda) – Jean Paul Samputu
Mana Wari Uri He? (God, Where Were You?) – Jean Paul Samputu
Nyirigira – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Dufite Imana Ikomeye Cyane – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Wari Mw’isi – The Chorale de Kigali & The Voices of Kicukiro
Mama Ararira – Afro Celt Sound System & Dorothee Munyaneza
Million Voices – Wyclef Jean
Umqombothi -Yvonne Chaka
Whispered Song – Burundi:
Ne Me Laisse Pas Seule Ici – Tilly Key
Mwari Sigaramahoro – Isonga
Olugendo Lw’e Bulaya – Bernard Kabanda Ssalongo
Children Found – Andrea Guerra
Icyibo – Dorothee Munyanez
Hell’s Gate – Dario Marianelli
Empty Roads – Dario Marianelli
Machetes – Dario Marianelli
Is God Here – Dario Marianelli
Last Offering – Dario Marianelli
The Radio Won’t Stop – Dario Marianelli
Speechless – Dario Marianelli
No Way Out – Dario Marianelli Beyond the Gates
How Do You Call This? – Dario Marianelli
Remember Us – Dario Marianelli
We Turned Our Backs – Dario Marianelli
Filed under Music, Antiracism, playlist, Albuquerque
4 March 2026
Women’s History Month. Miriam Makeba’s birthday.
Walking. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
All songs by Miriam Makeba.
Mbube
Olilili
Suliram
The Retreat Song
The Click Song
Saduva
Iya Guduza
Lakutshn Ilanga
Umhome
Amampondo
Dubula
Dwedini
Pole Mze
Le Fleuve
Qhude
Mayibuye
Maduna
Kilimanjaro
Kwazulu (In The Land Of The Zulus
Nongqongqo (To Those We Love)
Khawuleza (Hurry Mama Hurry!)
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd (Beware Verwoerd!)
Masakhane 4:44
Amaliya
Pata Pata 2000
‘Cause We Live For Love
Liwawechi
Lindelani
Homeland
In Time
Africa Is Where My Heart Lies
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, playlist
26 February 2026
Stretching. Strength. Walking.
Black History Month.
Right Off (take 10) – Miles Davis
Johannesburg – Gil Scott-Heron
Jesus Is on the Main Line – Mavis Staples \
Now Let Me Fly – Kim&Reggie Harris
Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar
Ain’t No Way – Aretha Franklin
Brown Eyed Blues – Ben Harper
See You Go – Yuna
Freedom – Charles Mingus
Aleppo – Leyla McCalla
Peace Behind the Bridge – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pride – Joy Oladokun
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Bayard Rustin
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Gracie’s Corner
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
25 February 2026
Black History Month.
Stretching.
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
Back Up Offa Me – Talib Kweli
Little Light – Toshi Reagon
Dwedini – Miriam Makeba
State of the Nation – George Clinton
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
Galiku (Flag) – Gurrumul Djarimirri
Say Yes! – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Doubt – Mary J. Blige
Tarzan of Harlem – Cab Calloway
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
Mississippi Goddam -Nina Simone
Only in My Dreams – Deidre McCalla
Watch Out for Lucy – Dobie Gray
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Music, playlist
19 February 2026
Day of Remembrance of incarceration of Japanese Americans
Kenji – Fort Minor
Summer of ’42 – Kishi Bashi
Resist – Allegiance
Manzanar – Channel 3
Manzanar – Laurie Lewis
Manzanar – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
How Can You Go? – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Wishes on the Wind – Lea Salonga & Telly Leung
Allegiance – Allegiance
Our Time Now – Allegiance
Stronger Than Before – Lea Salongs & Katie Rose Clark
Still a Chance – Allegiance
Sands of Manzanar – Yukiko Matsuyama & Hirotaka Ogawa
I Remember – Beth DeSombre
Asian American History – Jason Chu & Alan Z
We are the Children – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Derek Najamoto
120,000 Stories – Nobuko Miyanmoto, feat. Mike Penny & George Abe
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events
01 February 2026
Black History Month.
Walking. Arroyo. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
Let America Be America Again – by Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Rise Up – Andra Day
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM – Beyoncé
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Black America Again – Common, feat. Stevie Wonder
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Everytime I Feel the Spirit -The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Ain’t No New Thing – Gil Scott-Heron
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters) – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Blood Done Sign My Name – Mary D Williams
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Strange Fruit – Nina Simone
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Odetta
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
We March – Prince
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
We Rise – Rhiannon Giddens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
You’re Not Alone – Our Native Daughters
Step By Step – Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Grandma’s Hands -Bill Withers
Respect – Otis Redding
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Music, playlist
15 January 2026
Core work. Floor stretching. Arroyo walk.
Happy Birthday Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
By the Time I Get to Arizona – Public Enemy
One Vision – Queen
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
One – India.Arie
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
Ballad of Martin Luther King – Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk & The Sesame Street Kids
Letter to the King – The Game, feat. Nas
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
King Holiday – Dream Chorus & The Holiday Crew
Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Patty Griffin
MLK Song – Mavis Staples
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Glory – Common & John Legend
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
01 January 2026
New Year’s Day. Haitian Independence Day.
Short hike with Lucy, Tricia and Sean. Contemplation Trail.
Stretching.
Treadmill at the apartment.
The New Year – Death Cab for Cutie
The First Day Of The Year – Katie McMaho
New Life – Brianna Lea Pruett
New Generation – Nemaska Community
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
New Beginning – Tracy Chapman
New Redemption Song – Over The Rhine
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears – Celtic Woman
New Time & Age – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
New Year’s Day – U2 War
Turn Over A New Leaf – John Lee Hooker
New Year’s Luck – Kiha & The Faces
What’s New – Harry Pickens
You Make Me Feel Brand New – Roberta Flack
At the Door of the Year – Jim & Jean Strathdee
How Can I Keep From Singing – Little Windows 2
Haïti chérie – Kali, feat. Emeline Michel
Tankou melodi – Emeline Michel
Aux Antilles – Tabou Combo
La Dessalinienne – Haïtian Troubadours
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Exercise, Family, Hike, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 