Jacqui Lewis Instagram – My calling to ministry is deeply rooted in the Civil Rights Movement. My work has been about social justice and reclaiming and reframing Christianity. By all accounts, #CowboyCarter is a body of music that reclaims and reframes music and American history.
Throughout the album Beyoncé gives the world a new, inclusive and expansive offering of music- lifting up our blackbirds and new black rising starts while truly honoring ALL of music history (Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Linda Martell).
May we enjoy this music. And it cause our hearts to open more. Art matters. History matters. This album imagines a way forward into something bold and NEW while lifting up the past and future.
#CowboyCarter #Beyonce #FierceLove #artheals #LovePeriod #LittleRockNine #LindaMartell #TannerAdell #BrittneySpencer #TieraKennedy #ReynaRoberts #PaulMccartney ❤️✊🏾
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When Melba Pattillo Beals heard Beyoncé sing a line from the Beatles’ “Blackbird” on her new album last week, she was transported back to a morning in September 1957, when she and eight other Black students arrived at an all-White Arkansas school.
Beals, a member of the group known as the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School, had loved the 1968 Beatles hit from the first time she heard it — long before she learned in 2016 that her story had inspired it.
The 82-year-old San Francisco resident said hearing Beyoncé’s rendition brought new meaning to the lyrics. As Beals streamed the song on Beyoncé’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” she felt empowered knowing that nearly 67 years ago, she helped desegregate schools.
“This song awakens so much,” Beals said. | Posted on 07/Apr/2024 00:07:28
