“Swinging While I’m Singing”: Spike Lee, Public Enemy, and the Message in the Music
“1989, a number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer” —Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” The scene may be the
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Author: Mark Anthony Neal
1968: Soul Music and the Year of Black Power
James Brown’s iconic song “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” was released in August 1968, seemingly a
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