{"id":11924,"date":"2015-11-23T08:53:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T08:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=11924"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:10:13","slug":"shine-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/shine-light","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Morgan Freeman And Bruce Springsteen Unite Against Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The concert, called<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shining A Light: A Concert For Progress on Race in America,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0will spark an effort \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to confront issues of race and promote unity and progress on racial equity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d The concert and related programming will help raise money for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedway.org\/\">United Way Worldwide<\/a>, an American nonprofit organization<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bruce Springsteen opened the show<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bruce Springsteen opened the concert with his song <em>&#8220;American Skin (41 <\/em>Shots),&#8221; which was written after the 1999 New York police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Guinean immigrant who was shot 41 times. As he sang the lyrics<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8220;It ain&#8217;t no secret my friend. \u00a0You can get killed just for living in your American skin,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">footage from the funerals of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray flashed on the screen. Springsteen was later joined by singer-songwriter John Legend and guitarist-songwriter Tom Morello were the opening number of the show. As the song went on, the stage lit up and the choir behind them was joined by a dozen of the artists who would later perform in the concert.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11930\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/la-et-ms-pop-music-community.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/la-et-ms-pop-music-community.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/la-et-ms-pop-music-community-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/la-et-ms-pop-music-community-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-564dff42\/turbine\/la-et-ms-pop-music-community-unites-for-a-e-sp-001\/650\/650x366\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Morgan Freeman gave a speech<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Famous actor Morgan Freeman spoke at the event. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cThroughout this nation\u2019s history, from the brutal days of slavery to the long march to civil rights until today, music has been there to help us cross that bloody river to the other side,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cAs too many tragic headlines and news stories make painfully clear, music alone cannot heal the wounds so many of us in this great nation still feel, wounds caused by racism and injustice. \u00a0Tonight, as we mourn the loss of life in Paris, let us rededicate ourselves to helping erase hate and to creating an American where we can all move up together toward justice, community, love, brotherhood, sisterhood and freedom.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morgan Freeman Gives Emotional Speech About Ending Racism | Shining A Light Concert | A&amp;E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CSSyKJqbORM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>They played decades of music<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The songs at the concert came from eight different decades of pop music. Sia sang Jimmy Cliff\u2019s 1975 ballad <em>\u201cMany Rivers to Cross.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Ed Sheeran performed Curtis Mayfield\u2019s 1960s civil rights anthem <em>\u201cPeople Get Ready.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pharrell Williams sang <em>\u201cFreedom.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pink and John Legend did a duet of Donny Hathaway\u2019s 1973 song <em>\u201cSomeday We\u2019ll All Be Free.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0And there are many more emotional performances!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11931\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/cuwqyp6wcaa47n9.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"707\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/cuwqyp6wcaa47n9.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/cuwqyp6wcaa47n9-85x57.jpg 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