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Roots And Roads: Black History Month And Liberation

Programme
Roots And Roads
Date
11 October 2015
Length
1 h

About this show

Introduction

In this episode of Roots and Roads, Dominik explores Black History Month with a focus on liberation music and civil rights. The programme examines the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s, the life and activism of Paul Robeson, and the work of Marcus Garvey in Jamaica and the US. Dominik features songs by Burning Spear, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, and Arrested Development to highlight these historical themes.

Dominik presents a programme themed around Black History Month and liberation music, focusing on songs associated with civil rights. The episode discusses the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s, the life of Paul Robeson as an actor and activist, and the work of Marcus Garvey in Jamaica and the U.S. Dominik selects 'Old Marcus' by Burning Spear to remember Garvey, and Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' to highlight southern hypocrisy and the conditions of black bodies in the US. The show also touches on Sam Cooke's 'A Change is Gonna Come' and concludes with a rendition of 'Redemption Song' by Arrested Development. Dominik notes plans to cover jazz and other genres in the coming week.

Topics

  • Black History Month and liberation music
  • The Harlem Renaissance
  • Civil Rights leaders including Marcus Garvey, MLK, and Malcolm X
  • Future plans to cover jazz and other genres/countries

Participants

  • Dominik
  • Victoria Bourne

Names are taken from the archive as written and may include spelling variants.

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Has introduced the topic brilliantly in those words: "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can save our minds. Can free our minds." And those are very much part of the theme today of not looking necessarily of just.

Again, serves as a reminder of how very recently so much so much discrimination and you know real apartheid were was happening in in the land that we associate with freedom, democracy, and and and.

In the rendition by Arrested Development, and let's see their take on that many years after the original composition by Bob Marley. So here's Redemption Song, and the Arrested Development. Thanks for listening.

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Black History Month: Liberation

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    Redemption Song · Bob Marley

    Why it was chosen Introduced the topic brilliantly

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    Old Marcus Garvey · Burning Spear

    Why it was chosen To remind us of Marcus Garvey

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    MLK Rap · Let The Freedom Ring
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    Why it was chosen To stick with the theme of remembering civil rights leaders and move on to Martin Luther King

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    Malcolm, Do You Remember · Makaiba, Miriam, And Bongi
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    Why it was chosen Reminding us of one of the civil rights leaders of the nineteen sixties

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    Afro American Symphony · William Grant Still
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    The House I Live In · Paul Robeson
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    Strange Fruit · Billie Holiday
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    A Change Is Going To Come · Sam Cooke
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    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free · Nina Simone

    Why it was chosen She was also very much involved in that same time in that movement

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    Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? · Gil Scott-Heron
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    Redemption Song · Arrested Development

    Why it was chosen To end with this the same way we started