Beyonce

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• SOURCE: NPR
  1/22/2021
  

  Rep. James Clyburn Proposes To Make 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' The National Hymn

  Historian Lloyd Washington has worked to raise awareness among younger African Americans of the 1919 song that has served as the official song of the NAACP and the unofficial "Black National Anthem," and credits Beyonce for a performance that introduced the BLM generation to the song. 

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  8/18/2020
  

  Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ and the Pitfalls of African Consciousness

  by Russell Rickford

  "Black is King" is neither radical nor fundamentally liberatory.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  7/1/2019
  

  Kinitra D. Brooks' and Kameelah L. Martin's New Book, The Lemonade Reader, Explores Beyoncé’s Visual Album

  by J. T. Roane

  The Lemonade Reader gathers a newer generation of Black feminist scholars to engage in intellectual discourse and confront the emotional labor around the Lemonade phenomena.

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• SOURCE: Time
  4/19/19
  

  How the Black Colleges Beyoncé Honors in Homecoming Have Played a Vital Role in American History

  The feeling of unity expressed by Beyoncé’s loving tribute goes even deeper than viewers may know: throughout that history, HBCUs have contributed to every sphere of American life.

• SOURCE: BBC News
  7-22-13
  

  Beyonce compares Trayvon Martin to Emmett Till

  Beyonce has urged supporters of Trayvon Martin to be inspired by the protests that followed the death of another black teenager, Emmett Till. She is only one of a number of Americans who have drawn a parallel between the two cases - though others point out there are major differences. So who was Till?After attending an event in New York in memory of teenager Martin, who was shot dead in Florida, the pop singer wrote a message on her website."We have made so much progress and cannot allow hatred and racism to divide us," she wrote. "When we all join together, people of all races, we have the power to change the world we live in. We must fight for Trayvon the same way the generation before us fought for Emmett Till."In the summer of 1955, the 14-year-old Till was far from home when his life ended in a most violent way, apparently for whistling at a white woman....