Songs That Changed Black History

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Here's a playlist full of music that helped shape, energize, heal and propel a people forward.

Author: Quincy McCoy
Genre: Soul/R&B
Category: Theme/Holiday Mixes
Created: Feb 7, 2009

Play/Add	Track	Artist
	1. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue?	Louis Armstrong
	2. Ol' Man River	Paul Robeson
	3. Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday
	4. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands	Marian Anderson
	5. The Weary Blues	Langston Hughes
	6. Mr. Bojangles	Sammy Davis, Jr.
	7. A Change Is Gonna Come	Sam Cooke
	8. Sister Rosa	The Neville Brothers
	9. We Shall Overcome	Mahalia Jackson
	10. Alabama	John Coltrane
	11. People Get Ready	Curtis Mayfield
	12. Young Gifted and Black	Nina Simone
	13. Stand!	Sly & the Family Stone
	14. What's Going On	Marvin Gaye
	15. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1	James Brown
	16. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised	Gil Scott-Heron
	17. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye
	18. Fight The Power	Public Enemy
	19. Homesick	The Last Poets
	20. America The Beautiful	Ray Charles

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