This special edition (originally airing on Thursday, September 10) features music and speech excerpts from prominent African-American musicians and speakers. Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Shirley Chisholm, Viola Davis, Michelle Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are featured in spoken interludes between clusters of songs. The episode includes songs from Marvin Gaye, Childish Gambino, Ben Harper, Gary Clark Jr., Gil Scott-Heron, Keedron Bryant, Common, Beyonce, Mavis Staples, Janelle Monae, H.E.R., Billie Holiday, Ala.ni, Nina Simone, Public Enemy, The Impressions, John Legend, Sam Cooke and Terence Blanchard.
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Thursday, September 10, 2020