GPB IN THE COMMUNITY

GPB Hosts Music in Common for The Black Legacy Project

GPB was pleased to host Atlanta-based nonprofit Music in Common for a Building the Beloved Community event in our studios in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this January.

The event brought people together from across the Metro Atlanta area to explore how to we can work together to build the world of belonging Dr. King envisioned and worked so tirelessly toward, 55 years after his death.

Music in Common seeks to strengthen, empower and connect communities through the universal language and introduced attendees to The Black Legacy Project, a musical celebration of Black history to advance racial solidarity, equity and belonging through a film screening and live performance, including a communal rendition of “We Shall Overcome.”

The program concluded with a community conversation, at the end of which the audience was charged to introduce themselves to one another and carry on the conversation – which they did during a lively reception in the GPB atrium.

As it travels the country, The Black Legacy Project brings together artists of all backgrounds to record present-day interpretations of songs central to the Black American experience and compose originals relevant to the pressing calls for change of our time. We look forward to having them back at GPB in April to continue the collaboration and hope you will join us!