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BlackLivesMatter: The music of protest

Creative artists who support the Black Lives Matter movement discuss why music is so important at this time and choose the protest songs which particularly resonate with them.

Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement have marched in their millions and new wave of powerful protest music has emerged.

Essa is a rapper and lawyer from London, Momodou Taal is an activist, public speaker and creative, Roger Huddle is one of the founders of Rock against racism, Philip Lewis is a huff post journalist based in Detroit and Sarah Angel (pictured) is a Manchester-based singer.

They spoke to presenter Chris Warburton about why music is so important at this time and choose the protest songs which particularly resonate with them.

First broadcast on 8 July 2020.

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47 minutes