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Your requests: Songs for social justice and change

by Anna Reed

July 08, 2016

Diamond Reynolds speaks to the media outside the governor's mansion in St. Paul on Thursday.
Diamond Reynolds speaks to the media outside the governor's mansion in St. Paul on Thursday.Evan Frost | MPR News

This has been a difficult week, so we are keeping our Coffee Break thread open for any suggestions on music to heal, comfort and move forward to find a path together as Minnesotans, Americans, humans.

Last night, five police officers were killed by snipers at a protest in Dallas. Seven other officers were injured along with two civilians.

The day before in Minnesota, a St. Anthony police officer shot and killed a black man during a traffic stop. The day before that, a handcuffed black man was shot and killed by white police officers in Baton Rouge.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs for social justice and change do you want to hear?

Songs played


Black Man in A White World - Michael Kiwanuka
What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
Equal Rights - Peter Tosh
People Are Together - Mickey Murray
Imagine - John Lennon
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
Why Can't We Be Friends? - War