March 7, 2025 · 6:29 pm
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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Tagged as Brown Chapel, civil rights, D'Wayne Higgins, DEI, Hosea Williams, James Farmer, James Orange, Jimmie Lee Jackson, John Lewis, Mahalia Jackson, Rhiannon Giddens, Roy Ayers, Selma, Selma to Montgomery March, voting rights
March 25, 2024 · 1:38 pm
Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights (1965) reaches Montgomery.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Oh Freedom – Harry Belafonte
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
If I Had a Hammer – Odetta
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
Blowing in the Wind – Peter, Paul & Mary
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Protestors
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators a March
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Joan Baez
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – Two Little Girls at March
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Take My Hand, Precious Lord – Mahalia Jackson
Amazing Grace – Fannie Lou Hamer
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at March
Glory – Common and John Legend
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for this playlist. Other artists appeared at the “Stars for Freedom” Rally on the evening of March 24 although I am not sure whether the songs I choose are the ones they performed.
March 9, 2024 · 9:33 pm
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.
March 25, 2021 · 5:49 pm
Stretching. Gym in the apartment. On my own.
Unionhouse Branch – Alison Krauss & Union Station
My Foolish Heart – Roberta Flack
Mother – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Stand Up for Something – Andra Day
My Lord, What a Morning – Marian Anderson
See Saw – Aretha Franklin
Isketayo Sewow (Cree Call) – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Pray For The People- Carolyn M. Brittell
I Used To Be A Sailor – Tracy Chapman
Get It Up – TLC
Down The Road I Be Going – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Redemption Day – Sheryl Crow
Not Myself – Sharon Van Etten
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd (Beware Verwoerd!) – Miriam Makeba
Okay – Macy Gray
Robot Heart – Jessi Lee
Glory – Common & John Legend