Sam Cooke, one of the greatest voices of popular music, was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “Blowin’ in the Wind” and how a white person could write so powerfully about racism. Cooke wrote “A Change is Gonna Come” after he and his friends were refused lodging in a ‘whites only’ motel in Louisiana. Cooke was risking his career in doing so.
1968 Now: Revolution – Art, History & Philosophy
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