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Tag: Black Lives Matter
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Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite (Tears for Johannesburg + Prayer / Protest / Peace)
This striking performance of North Carolina-born drummer Max Roach’s “Freedom Now Suite,” a medley of “Tears for Johannesburg” and the triptych “PRAYER / PROTEST / PEACE,” is believed to be recorded by …
Via highsnobiety.com
Even If You’re Broke, You Can Support Black Lives Matter Financially This Way
Zoe Amira created a 56-minute YouTube video which—if you play it with advertisements and volume on—will result in 100% of advertising revenue being donated to Black Lives Matter and associated bail funds. …
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Practices for Safe Protesting
Protesting and mobilizing together surpasses the value of social media posts in solidarity. There is work to be done offline; some of it visible, some not. Standing up for Black individuals can …
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Support the Black Journalists Therapy Relief Fund
“While publications ask black journalists—both freelance and full-time staff members—to put their lives at risk to report on racial injustices and embed themselves within the protests, they rarely provide resources for these …
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How to Show Support for Blackout Tuesday
The music industry has planned Blackout Tuesday in an act of solidarity through silence, and will effectively cease operations on Tuesday, 2 June. The industry-wide pause “is meant to intentionally disrupt the …
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A weirdly hypnotic Vine compilation music video, St Vincent's Golden Girls dirge, AG Cook uplifts us all and more new tracks
Miguel: How Many
Written in just a few hours in response to a harrowing week of violence against black people in the USA, Miguel released the beautifully minimal “How Many.” The chilling synth-soul track gets …