Civil Rights

Curtis Mayfield

‘Keep on Pushing’: the ultimate Curtis Mayfield protest song

The song of the Freedom Riders

Apr 15, 2025

The Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Mick Taylor - Bill Wyman - Charlie Watts

The Rolling Stones’ five most political songs

Interesting political tracks.

Dale Maplethorpe

Nov 17, 2024

‘Storybook Children’: the first interracial love song in US history

“The people stood to their feet.”

Feb 26, 2023

Searching for Kemet: Malcolm X in Egypt

A formative journey.

Feb 21, 2022

The complex world of slavery tourism

“She was a straight-up racist.”

Feb 19, 2022

10 modern films that continue the civil rights conversation

10 modern films that continue the civil rights conversation

Essential Viewing.

Swapnil Dhruv Bose

Feb 4, 2022

When The Rolling Stones wrote a song in honour of a civil rights activist

When The Rolling Stones wrote a song in honour of a civil rights activist

Solidarity.

Feb 2, 2022

Celebrate Nina Simone's birthday with this brilliant video from 1968

How Nina Simone proved she was a defiant leader from childhood

Defiance.

Jan 27, 2022

Joan Baez’s five greatest covers of all time

Music’s great archivist.

Jan 9, 2022

Mavis Staples on Bob Dylan Dylan and meeting Martin Luther King

Mavis Staples on Bob Dylan Dylan and meeting Martin Luther King

One hell of a life.

Jan 9, 2022

How Otis Redding inspired a classic song by The Beatles

Is Otis Redding song ‘Try A Little Tenderness’ the true anthem of the civil rights movement?

Take that, Bob Dylan.

Dec 10, 2021

The story of Nina Simone’s protest anthem that was banned by southern radio

A defiant star.

Nov 25, 2021