Black Legacy Project Roundtable: After Sundown
Through the lens of Ry Cooder’s song, “Sundown Town” and Jimmy Driftwood’s song, “What is the Color of the Soul of a Man?”, roundtable participants will analyze the lyrics of these songs to discuss the historic use and threat of violence to remove and exclude Black Americans from white communities and uphold segregation, and to explore how to advance present efforts to bring diversity & belonging to these communities. RSVP at
theblacklegacyproject.org/roundtables
theblacklegacyproject.org/roundtables
The Black Legacy Project is a musical celebration of Black history to advance racial solidarity, equity, and belonging.
The Black LP is a national project produced by Music in Common – a nonprofit that strengthens, empowers, and connects communities through the universal language – in partnership with community stakeholders at the local level. As it travels the country, the Black LP brings together Black and White artists and artists of ALL backgrounds to record present day interpretations of songs central to the Black American experience and compose originals relevant to the pressing calls for change of our time. Community roundtable discussions help inform how these songs are interpreted and written.
The Black Legacy Project launched in September 2021 in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts and is traveling to Atlanta, Los Angeles, the Mississippi Delta, Denver, the Arkansas Ozarks, and Boise in 2022 – 2023
