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EPISODE · May 31, 2023 · 23 MIN

Bob Marley x Black Determination

from Being Black- The '80s · host theGrio

“Redemption Song” by Bob Marley and the Wailers is one of the ultimate songs about the Black spirit and the immense determination that has gotten us through life in America. I’m talking about a specifically Black determination that has powered our resistance and carried us through life in America. A sense of Black determination that we hear in Redemption Song as well as Sam Cookie’s “A Change Gonna Come,” Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” and Kendrick’s “Alright.” No matter how hard things have been we have always been certain that one day we would overcome.  Guests: Roger Steffens, Author, So Much Things to Say Michael Eric Dyson, Professor, Princeton University Credits: Bob Marley and The Wailer's - Redemption Song  Writer: Bob Marley Label: Tuff Gong & Island Records Publisher: Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited, Primary Wave/Blue Mountain   Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come Writer: Sam Cooke Label: RCA Victor Publisher: Kegs Music Corp.  Kendrick Lamar - Alright  Writer: Kawan Prather, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams & Sounwave Label: Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment & Interscope Records Publisher: EMI April Music, New World Music, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music Publishing Group, PECF, BMG Firefly, BMG, Warner/Chappell, Top Dawg Entertainment, Sony/ATV Allegro, In Thee Face Music Publishing, Hard Working Black Folks Publishing, BMG Gold Songs, Beat Bully Productions, More Water From Nazareth & EMI Pop Music Publishing Still I Rise, Maya Angelou Yvonne Orji, The Toure Show #TrumpRally protesters chant "We gonna be alright", Chicago Reader

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