What’s your song that immediately fills you up with the spirit of the ancestors? I always get overwhelmed with Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come and Donny Hathaway’s Someday We’ll All Be Free. They make me tear up each and every time.
Black music has always been a tool of liberation and emancipation. From the spirituals enslaved people used to communicate safely, to stories of our lived experiences and realities, to anthems that inspire joy and encouragement, to galvanize movements, to imagine new worlds, to… pic.twitter.com/ECaNivZU8b
— Naima Cochrane (@naima) June 19, 2024