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10 March 2025

Walking in the neighborhood. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Remembering and honoring Harriet Tubman. This is the date of her death; an unknown day in March is believed 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
Harriet Tubman – HolyGhost HotBoy
Harriet Tubman – Wynton Marsalis
Harriet Tubman – University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club

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9 March 2025

Bobby Sands birthday.
Bobby Sands MP – Black 47
Ballad of Bobby Sands – The Irish Brigade
Bobby Sands – Claymore
Bobby Sands – Gerard MacCuinneagain
Song for Marcella – Eimhear Ni Ghlacain
Four Green Fields – The Molly Maguires
The Hills of Ireland – Celtic Woman
Stór Mo Chroí – The Chieftains with Bonnie Raitt
Dear Irish Boy – Eileen Ivers Crossing the Bridge Irish; Rock 0 1
Long Journey Home – Elvis Costello with Anuna
Irish Soldier Boy – Paddy Reilly
Back Home in Derry – Helena Ward
Song For Ireland – Mary Black
Daughters And Sons – Tommy Sands
The Sign – Eric Bogle
The Parting Glass – Shaun Davey

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8 March 2025

International Women’s Day
One Woman: A Song for UN Women
Gentle Rebellion – Rebecca Riots
Compassion – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Feel Like A Natural Woman – Carole King
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Just Because I’m a Woman – Dolly Parton
Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!
Born This Way – Lady Gaga
I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
Independent Women, Pt. 1 – Destiny’s Child
Break the Chain – One Billion Rising
Walk Beside Me – Celtic Woman
Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas
I Will Not Be Denied – Bonnie Raitt
Motherland – Natalie Merchant
Run the World – Beyonce
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
I AM WOMAN – Emmy Meil
And We Can Love (World) – Mary Youngblood
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Imagine – Eva Cassidy
Find Your Way – Adina Nyree
I Am a Woman – Ruby Hunter
I Am Her – Shea Diamond
Warrior Heart – Sjawmee
All That You Have Is Your Soul – Tracy Chapman
Brave New World – Sera
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Four Women – Nina Simone
Ain’t I a Woman (Singing Truth) – Pauline Jean

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7 March 2025

Walking. Albuquerque.
60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma.
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for the first part of the playlist.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
Woke up This Morning – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
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
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Mahalia Jackson
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me -Fisk Jubilee Singers & Ruby Amanfu
Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis) – Dee Daniels
Still on the Bridge – Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers

Remembering D’Wayne Wiggins and Roy Ayers
The Blues – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Little Walter – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Feels Good – Tony! Toni! Toné!
It Never Rains (In Southern California) – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Whatever You Want – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Heat of the Beat – Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson
Running Away – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
You’ve Got the Power -Roy Ayers
Black Family – Roy Ayers
And Then We Were One – Roy Ayers

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4 March 2025

Shrove Tuesday.
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino
Going Back to New Orleans – Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
La danse de Mardi Gras – Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboy
Carnival Time – Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
Where da Melph at? – Katey Red
Golden Crown – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
Goin’ Down – Allen Toussaint
My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now – Buckwheat Zydeco
Ain’t Nothin’ But a Party – Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Part 1 – Jessie Hill
Cassanova- Rebirth Brass Band
Zydeco Mardi Gras – Boozoo Chavis Zydeco
Fire Water – The Wild Magnolias
Iko Iko – The Dixie Cups
Street Parade – Earl King
The Second Line – Stop, Inc.
Hey Pocky A-way – The Meters
Jock-A-Mo – Sugar Boy Crawford T
Mardi Gras Mambo – The Hawketts
Go to the Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
Carnival Time – Al Johnson
Tremé Mardi Gras – Kermit Ruffins
Give It Up – Dr. Michael White
I Like It Like That – Chris Kenner
When The Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong

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27 February 2025

Hiking. Alameda Open Space.
Black History Month
Coolman Baby Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky & Ruby Hunter
Some Other Spring – Billie Holiday
Simbonile – The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble
See The Light – Earth, Wind & Fire
Gracious – Bobby McFerrin
Can Anyone Ask For Money – Ray Charles
So Far to Go – Common & D’Angelo
(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going To Go – Curtis Mayfield
Too Many Bridges – Archie Roach
Portrait Of An Ermite – Thelonious Monk
Real Real – Nina Simone
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers
Wheels on the Bus – Gracie’s Corner
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May – Bayard Rustin
DUST/DIVINITY – Joy Oladokun
Mahalla – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Money Is King – Leyla McCalla
Rose Garden – Dobie Gray
Friend – Roberta Flack
Awesome – The Temptations
Everyday Heroes & Heroines – Deidre McCalla
Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Brittany Howard

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21 February 2025

Hiking. The Volcanoes. Petroglyph National Monument.
Malcolm X / El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz assassination.
Nina Simone birth.
Black History Month.
Revolution – Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew How I Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite – Terence Blanchard
Roll ‘Em Pete – Big Joe Turner
Flying Home – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
My Prayer – The Ink Spots
Big Stuff – Billie Holiday
Don’t Cry Baby – Erskine Childers
Bean and Cornbread – Louis Jordan
Azure – Ella Fitzgerald
Alabama – John Coltrane
That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven – Ray Charles
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars

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20 February 2025

Hiking. Sandia Foothills. Stretching.
Black History Month.
Someday We’ll All Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Mbube – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Love’s In Need of Love Today – The String Queens
Spring Is Here – Ahmad Jamal
Home – Diana Ross, The Wiz: Original Soundtrack
Fly Girl – Queen Latifah
Brand New Second Hand – Peter Tosh
A Sign of the Ages – Gil Scott-Heron
Starlight – Yola
Finally Made Me Happy – Macy Gray
Hard To Love – H.E.R.
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song – Mahalia Jackson
Yellow Moon – The Neville Brothers
What Now – Rihanna
Crush – Yuna, feat. Usher

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19 February 2025

Walking. Morning movement.
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

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13 February 2025

Walking. Arroyo to Smith’s. Morning movement.
Black History Month.
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige –
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
The Lord God of Abraham, from Elijah, Op. 70 – Paul Robeson
Just One Of Those Things – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Sunny Land – Elmore James
Take Time – Lenny Kravitz
B Movie (aint really a life) – Gil Scott-Heron
Different Colours, One People – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic Soweto, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Rocky Dawuni
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
Let’s Talk About Hair -Sweet Honey In the Rock
Spirit of the Lord Is Coming Down – The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Careless Love – Lead Belly
Alphabet St. – Prince
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino

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