![]() 3, is carving out a place for herself in this realm today. R&B and soul singer-songwriter India.Arie, who is performing at Berklee's MLK celebration on Friday, Feb. The roles of musician and activist often overlapped in people like Elaine Brown and Nina Simone, giving the movement a repertoire of protest songs. and the civil rights movement, but King described music, specifically freedom songs, as the "soul of the movement." "They are more than just incantations of clever phrases designed to invigorate a campaign they are as old as the history of the Negro in America," King said. The marches, speeches and philosophy of non-violent resistance were important facets of Martin Luther King Jr. (Courtesy of the artist) This article is more than 6 years old. R&B and soul singer-songwriter India.Arie.
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