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Get this! Sometimes activism can be pretty heavy. The easiest way to get psyched about getting involved is through a quick jam session. These tunes all have two things in common: They are all about making the world a better place, and they really groove. So why not dance to the beat of an activists' drum? Party for your right to fight!

Side A

"What's Goin' On?" - Marvin Gaye

"Burnin' and Lootin'" - Bob Marley

"Children of the Ghetto" - Phillip Bailey

"War" - Edwin Starr

"Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations

"People Make the World Go Round" - The Stylistics

"Old Jim Crow" - Nina Simone

"My People (Hold On)" - Eddie Kendricks

Side B

"Get Into Something" - The Isley Brothers

"A Change Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke

"Mercy, Mercy Me" - Marvin Gaye

"No More Weapons" - Steel Pulse

"One Blood" - Junior Reid

"I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" - The Soul Children

"Everyday People" - Sly & the Family Stone

Activism: Then and Now

by JFP Interns

Then: Gospel spirituals Now: Hip-hop

Then: Sit-ins Now: Occupying

Then: Literacy tests Now: Voter ID

Then: Interracial dating Now: Same-sex
 relationships

Then: Bus boycotts Now: Chick-fil-A boycotts

Then: Typewriter Now: Laptop

Then: Flyers Now: Hashtags

Fun Fact

Rosa Parks was not sitting in a "whites only" section of the bus when she refused to give up her seat. She wasn't an "old lady," and her protest was planned.

Fun Fact

The Black Panther Party was started in 1966 due to Bobby Seale's passion.

Fun Fact

Did you know there is a ecofeminism movement? It connects the exploitation and domination of women with that of the environment, and argues that there is a connection between women and nature that comes from their shared history of oppression by a patriarchal western society.