Photo credits, clockwise from upper left: Time Magazine, Wikipedia, CBC, The Boston Globe

Playlist:

1. Mama O – Annalie Prime
2. Negro Mother (Langston Hughes) – Val Gray Ward
3. Ego Trippin’ – Nikki Giovanni
4. Masa – Thato Jessica and Mpho Sebina
5. The War Goes On/Nobody Wins A War – Singing Sandra
6. Your World and Mine – Luciano
7. Mother Earth – Brother Resistance
8. Morena Osha – Mavis John
9. Kasandra – Freetown Collective
10. Breathe – India Arie
11. we’ve been here before (The 1619 Project) – Liseli A. Fitzpatrick
12. Welcome Home – India Arie
13. My Love – Stevie Wonder & Julio Iglesias
14. One – India Arie
15. Colors of the Wind – Vanessa Williams
16. Imagine – John Lennon
17. Spirit + Bigger – Beyoncé
18. Make Them Hear You – Rodrick Dixon (Three Mo’ Tenors)
19. Lift Every Voice & Sing – Bebe Winans & Gladys Knight