The killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are the most recent in a long history of horrific systemic racism and police brutality against Black people in the United States.
Black communities have been at the forefront of so many major American musical movements, including jazz, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, soul, and house.
Loving this music means acknowledging the racial injustice that begat it. The fight for justice and equality is a matter of basic human rights, and we stand in solidarity with those working to demand change.
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