Fannie Lou Hamer Birthday. Pi Day.
All songs by Fannie Lou Hamer unless otherwise noted.
Precious Lord
On Being a Sharecropper
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Mass Meeting Speech
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
American Pie – Shea Diamond
Blueberry Pie – Bette Midler
Narcissa Cutie Pie – Joi
Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
Category Archives: Antiracism
14 March 2024
Filed under Antiracism, Louisville, Music, playlist
10 March 2024
Walking. Louisville Waterfront Park. Germantown/Schnitzelburg.
Harriet Tubman date of death; an unknown day in March is considered by many to be her date of birth.
Swing Low. Sweet Chariot – Joan Baez
The Ballad of Harriet Tubman – Magpie
Go Down, Moses – Mavis Staples
Harriet Tubman – Holy Near
Harriet Tubman – Kim & Reggie Harris
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Oh Freedom – Mary D. Williams
Wade in the Water – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Woke up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Gospel Train – The Gospel Harmonettes
Follow the Drinking Gourd – The Sey Sisters
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
7 March 2024
Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
Woke up This Morning – Sweet Honey in the Rock
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
Freedom Highway – Rhianna Giddons
God Will Take Care of You – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Steal Away/Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Come by Here – Marchers
Berlin Wall – Marchers
Oh, Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Protestors
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators a March
Freedom Now – Demonstrators at March
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Oh, Wallace – Band 1
Get on Board – Band 2
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – Two Little Girls at March
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at March
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Youth
Lonesome Valley – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
Glory – Common and John Legend
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for this playlist.
Filed under Antiracism, Music, playlist
19 February 2024
Walking. Germantown. Schnitzelburg.
Anniversary of internment 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, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
6 February 2024
Walking. Germantown. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Bob Marley’s birthday.
All songs by Bob Marley & The Wailers unless otherwise noted.
Redemption Song
No Woman No Cry
Three Little Birds
Buffalo Soldier
Get Up Stand Up
Stir It Up
Exodus
Jamming
Put It On – Bob Marley
One Love – Bob Marley
One Love/People Get Ready
Rainbow Country
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
5 February 2024
Walking. Louisville. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Trayvon Martin killing anniversary.
Trayvon Martin – Watoto from the Nile
Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
Renegades of Funk – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
Colors – Ice-T
Control – Janet Jackson
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
Stand Your Ground – Pharoahe Monch
Super Life – Chaka Khan
Rest in Power – Black Thought
Don’t Tread on Trayvon Martin – Truth on Earth
Everyday I Pray – Kreepa
Trayvon Martin – Big Poppa & BMayneBeatz
Throw on My Hoodie – Cecil Morris
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
1 February 2024
Walking. Apartment. Germantown.
Let America Be America Again – James Earl Jones
Why U Turn On Me – 2Pac
Kindhearted Woman Blues – Robert Johnson
Crescendo in Blue – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
I Guess I’ll Get the Papers – Louis Armstrong
A Single Woman – Nina Simone
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
Red River – Lead Belly
All By Myself – Fats Domino
Fading Flower – Yuna
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
The Bottle – Gil Scott-Heron
Listen to the Lambs – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Use Me – Bill Withers
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
27 January 2024
Walking. Stretching. Solon.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Liberation VII. Free at Last – Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: I. Andante – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: II. Tempo di marcia – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: III. Maestoso – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Duo for Violin & Viola in the Quarter-Tone System: IV. Allegro – Teng Li & Benjamin Bowman
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor – Op. 113, “Babi Yar”: II. Yumor – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Music Written in Terezin by Gideon Klein
Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con fuoco – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: II. Adagio – Jaromir Klepac
Piano Sonata: III. Allegro vivace – Jaromir Klepac
Trio: I. Allegro – Czech String Trio
Trio: II. Lento – Variation on Moravian folk song themes – Czech String Trio
Trio: III. Molto vivace – Czech String Trio
Dance – by Hans Krasa – Czech Folk String Trio
Four Songs on Chinese Poetry by Pavel Haas – Karl Prusa & Jiri Pokorny
A Survivor from Warsaw – Simon Joly Chorale, David Wilson-Johnson, Robert Craft & Philharmonia Orchestra
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
15 January 2024
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Walking. Hand Weights. Strength work. Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
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 – Brother Kirk, Pete Seeger & The Sesame Street Kids
Letter to the King – The Game, feat. Nas
Pride – U2
Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
King Holiday – King Dream Chorus & The Holiday Crew
Up the Mountain – Patty Griffin
MLK Song – Mavis Staples
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Let It Be – Bill Withers
Glory – Common & John Legend
Filed under Antiracism, Louisville, Music, playlist
14 January 2024
Midwives of the Movement.
Inspired by a sermon by the Rev. Shanea D. Leonard on 10 January 2024.
Walking. Stretching. Strength work. Gym in the Apartment.
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
Ain’t I a Woman – Stacy Barthe
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody – Mary D. Williams
Walk with Me – Fannie Lou Hamer
Speak – Jhené Aiko
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
I Can’t Breathe – H.E.R.
Ain’t I a Woman – Pauline Jean
Freedom Day – Abbey Lincoln
Obeah Woman – Nina Simone
Think – Lynn Collins
Golden – Jill Scott
Hurricane – Grace Jones
Song 33 – Noname
BLACK PARADE – Beyoncé
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Take My Hand – Mahalia Jackson
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 