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The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed by Joel Thompson, sung by The University of Michigan’s Men’s Glee Club conducted by Dr. Eugene Rogers

Learn more about The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.

"Stand Up" was released in October 2019 as the lead single from the soundtrack to the biographical film Harriet, starring Cynthia Erivo, who also provides the song's vocals.

"Baba Yetu" (Swahili: "Our Father") is a translation of the Lord's Prayer. Performed by Stellenbosch University Choir in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

"Glory" (John Legend, Common) was written for Selma, a film chronicling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights era, but the gospel-infused song proves just as relevant in the face of modern-day tumult.

Stand by Me performed by Karen Gibson and The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Wedding in 2018.

Lift Every Voice and Sing, arrangement performed by Committed

We Shall Overcome, Morehouse College Glee Club

Bleed the Same, Mandisa, ft. TobyMac & Kirk Franklin

A Change Is Gonna Come, performed by Jennifer Hudson

Hope, Twista, ft. Faith Evans

Black Like Me, Mickey Guyton

Where is the Love?, The Black Eyed Peas

What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) looked at the forces shaping American culture at the beginning of the 1970s, when hippie-era idealism clashed with the realities of poverty, war, drug abuse, and racial misunderstanding.

Lift Every Voice and Sing, performed live by We Are The Future Bib Bang, Berklee College of Music

Worldwide Beautiful, Kane Brown

Wake Up Everybody featured a variety of musical stars, primarily hip hop and R&B artists, who sang to urge young Americans to vote.