We feature funk, soul, and jazz designed to inspire and empower from Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, and Gil Scott-Heron, interspersed with the voices of civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and many more.
The Nightfly #2015.08 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" Nina Simone "To Be Young, Gifted And Black" Nancy Dupree "What Do I Have?" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967)" The Temptations "Message from a Black Man" Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" Nat Turner Rebellion "Tribute to a Slave" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Where Do We Go From Here? (August 16 1967) Excerpt" Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" Ben Branch and The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra "Hard Times" Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)" Unknown "Want My Freedom" Core Freedom Singers "Get Your Rights, Jack" Oscar Brown Jr. "40 Acres and a Mule" Unknown "In The Mess (excerpt)" Gil Scott-Heron "Black History/ The World" Hour 2 Curtis Mayfield "Wild and Free" Freedom Singers "Freedom Medley--Freedom Chant--Oh Freedom--This Little Light of Mine" Fannie Lou Hamer "The Day of Registration (Speaker)" Richard "Groove" Holmes "Soul Power" Nerukhi "Black Lives Matter" Syl Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black?" Kathleen Cleaver "Change It" Intelligent Hoodlum "Black and Proud" Roy Ayers "Black Family" Unknown "We Need You Here" The Commodores "Rise Up" Fela Kuti "2000 Blacks Got to be Free" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party"