“We are still not free (…) And you know why we aren’t free? Because we are poor. We are poor. (…) What is poverty? (…) Poverty is being underemployed, poverty is working a full-time job, getting only parttime income. Poverty means living in a run-down, dilapidated house (…) now, we are tired of being on the bottom, we are tired of being exploited (…) And as a result of being tired, we are going to Washington D.C (…) in order to say to this nation that “you must provide us with jobs or income (…) And for 60 or 90 days, this nation will not be able to ignore or overlook the poor. And we are going to plague Congress, and we are going to plague the government until they will do something…”
--Martin Luther King Jr., 1968
Please click here for SJVCEO’s June Spotify playlist and take a look below to see the songs that will continue the MOVEMENT going forward
Courtney’s Picks:
This is America, Childish Gambino
Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Freedom, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar
Hurricane, Bob Dylan
Sam’s Picks:
Nina Cried Power, Hozier
Now, Miguel
Get up, Stand Up, Bob Marley
Power, Kanye West
Kelsey’s Picks:
Murder to Excellence, Jay Z and Kanye West
Where is the Love? The Black-Eyed Peas
Express Yourself, NWA
Hold On, Alabama Shakes
Rochelle’s Picks:
The Beast, Fugees
Changes, Tupac Shakur
Untitled, Nas
Mathematics, Mos Def