GBN’s Month of Stevie: Stevie Wonder’s Protest Music (LISTEN)

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)

Good Black News has been honoring Stevie Wonder‘s 70th birthday with posts and playlists all month long (links below). On this last day of May and in light of this past week’s events, GBN finds it only fitting to close out our celebration with some of the most powerful, enduring, soul-stirring music Stevie’s ever created and offered to this world – his protest music.

From “Living For The City” to “Big Brother” to “Black Man” to “Love’s In Need of Love Today” to “Happy Birthday” to “Pastime Paradise” – even his early covers of “Blowin’ in The Wind” and “A Place In The Sun” – Stevie Wonder has always used his artistry to protest racism and injustice while striving for healing, equity, love and “Higher Ground.”

Thank you, Stevie Wonder for using your heart, mind and genius to speak for the voiceless and fight on behalf of the oppressed. May your music continue to help fortify us for the long journey ahead:

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• Desert Island Stevie Wonder – What 20 Songs Would You Bring?
• Jazz Visions of “Innervisions”
• “Talking Book” Speaks Through Its Covers
• Cover “Songs In The Key Of Life”
• “That’s What Friends Are For”: Stevie Wonder Duets
• Happy 70th Birthday To Ya, Stevie! The Deep Cuts
• Stevie Wonder At The Movies
• The Wonders of Stevie’s Harmonica
• A Collection of Stevie Wonder Covers
• Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits