Effects Of What's Going On Marvin Gaye

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“Brother, brother, brother there’s far too many of you dying…picket lines and picket signs, don’t punish me with brutality”, these lyrics made legendary after being sung by Mr. Marvin Gaye in 1971. “What’s Going on” was the title track of the album by Marvin Gaye released in 1971, and is number 6 of Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time2. The lyrics of not only this song, but the other songs on this album have resonated with so many individuals throughout our history beginning with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s and continue to resonate with so many more individuals within our current Black Lives Matter Movement. The Civil Rights Movement fought against the Jim Crow laws, which had been in effect since the 1880’s. These
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