BBC RADIO 4 DOCUMENTARY: THE BLACK CNN: WHEN HIP-HOP TOOK CONTROL
Excellent documentary on BBC Radio 4 that explores the impact of Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet, and in particular the track Fight the Power, and places it in a context within the civil rights movement.
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