Five Freedom Songs for Your MLK Day Playlist

Music is integral to the movement. Take a listen.

Ronda Racha Penrice
Momentum
Published in
7 min readJan 18, 2021

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Photo illustration; image sources: Rob Verhorst, Agence France Presse, Paul Natkin, Robert W. Kelley/Getty Images

Music, as TV One highlights in its new special, Unsung Presents: Music & The Movement, has been a huge part of the fight for justice and equality. Just as love songs, party anthems and classic cuts can accentuate our moods, the same songs can also help bond us together as a collective as we fight to be…

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Ronda Racha Penrice
Momentum

ATL-based Ronda Racha Penrice is a writer/cultural critic specializing in film/TV, lifestyle, and more. She is the author of Black American History For Dummies.