In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
1. "A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke
2. "What's Going On?" Marvin Gaye
3. "Strange Fruit," Billie Holiday
4. "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," James Brown
5. "Fight the Power," Public Enemy
6. "Respect," Otis Redding/Aretha Franklin
7. "To be Young, Gifted and Black," Nina Simone
8. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil-Scott Heron
9. "War," Edwin Starr
10. "The Message," Grandmaster Flash
WHAT DID I MISS?
This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2008.