Murder of Matthew Shepard.
Birth of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Laramie – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Scarecrow – Deena Rae Turner
The Fence – Peter Katz
Matthew Shepard – Heather Lev
American Triangle – Elton John
Scarecrow – Melissa Etheridge
God Loves Everyone – Ron Sexsmith|
Remaining songs by Fannie Lou Hamer:
Precious Lord
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 of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
Tag Archives: civil rights
6 October 2025
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
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
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
15 January 2025
Walking. South on Wyoming to see the Sandias. Around the Larry H. Miller Toyota dealership. Morning Movement. Chair stretching.
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
Let It Be – Bill Withers
Glory – Common & John Legend
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, playlist
I saw Roberto Clemente play … and live
As Major League Baseball celebrated Roberto Clemente Day on Septmber 9, I was moved by the posts honoring this amazing man. Viewing photos, watching videos, sharing posts, memories flooded over me.
A friend shared a post by a baseball fan lamenting never seeing Clemente, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ great right fielder from 1955 until his untimely death in 1972 play. “If there’s one athlete, past or present, that I wish I could have seen play, it would be Roberto Clemente.”
I understand the sentiment. Because I saw Clemente play. And I am forever grateful.
At Forbes Field and at Three Rivers Stadium, I had the privilege to see Roberto Clemente play. On numerous occasions, I saw him play with the skill and grace and passion that few brought to the game. Slashing hits. Unmatched arm. He covered right field like a blanket. He ran the bases with abandon.
But as great a player as he was, Roberto Clemente was an even greater human being. He cared for children, offering clinics in Puerto Rico and Pittsburgh. He advocated for civil rights. He demanded that he be treated justly as he challenged the systemic racism that permeated baseball and society.
Interviewed after he led the Pirates to victory in the 1971 World Series, Roberto Clemente spoke first to his parents – in Spanish. There was not a dry eye in my house. I suspect there was not a dry eye in many places. Tears fell in puddles when Clemente died on a humanitarian mission to aid the people of Nicaragua.
Yes. I saw Roberto Clemente play. More importantly, I saw Roberto Clemente live. And I am better for it.
Filed under Baseball, Current Events, Human Rights, Photo, Pittsburgh Pirates
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche of the UN
This originally appeared on Swords into Plowshares, the blog of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
I passed through Ralph Bunche Park at 43rd Street and First Avenue on Sunday. And it wondered me why the story of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche‘s life is not told more often.
A political scientist, academic, writer, and diplomat, Bunche took part in planning for the creation of the United Nations. He was an adviser to the U.S. delegation for the “Charter Conference” of the United Nations held in 1945. He took part in drafting the UN Charter. Along with Eleanor Roosevelt, Bunche played a key role in the creation and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In 1947, Bunche served as the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. He became the Principal Secretary of the UN Palestine Commission. He served as the Personal Representative of Secretary-General with Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations Mediator on Palestine. Following Bernadotte’s assassination in September 1948, Bunche became the Acting Mediator. He chaired the UN mediation efforts that led to the successful negotiation of the four armistice agreements that helped end the conflict.
For his work, Bunche became the first African-American and person of color to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He continued to served the UN for over twenty years. His work included helping to end colonialism.
Bunche was an active and vocal supporter of the U.S. civil rights movement. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington and in the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march, which contributed to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and federal enforcement of voting rights.
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche is one of so many people to honor – so many stories to remember – during Black History Month and always.
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Along the Graybeard Trail 