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BBC Documentary: Black Fire

There’s been an electric resurgence of black music as protest music in America, from Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar to Lauryn Hill and Childish Gambino (pictured).

Broadcaster and jazz writer Kevin Legendre talks to musicians and artists across generations, including hip hop pioneers The Last Poets, singer Carleen Anderson, jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, rapper Jasiri X, percussionist Questlove, Black Power poet Sonia Sanchez, and Gil Scott Heron’s writing partner Brian Jackson, and asks: Has black music resumed its status as protest music in America?