The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org.
Tonight’s episode of the Nightowl Radio Show is a very special “Black Lives Matter” episode, in memory and in honor and in remembrance of those whose lives were tragically torn apart by racism, bigotry, hatred and misogyny.
| Time | Artist | Song | Release | Song note | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:01 PM | Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | 20th Century Masters: Best of Billie Holiday (The Millennium Collection) | In memory of Emmitt Till. | Universal Music Enterprises |
| 8:04 PM | John Coltrane | Alabama | A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse Years | In memory of the four little girls from the 1964 Birmingham church bombing. | Verve Reissues |
| 8:11 PM | Sam Cooke | A Change Is Gonna Come | 30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 | In memory of Trayvon Martin. | ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. |
| 8:16 PM | Bruce Springsteen | American Skin (41 Shots) | High Hopes | In memory of Amadou Diallo. | Columbia |
| 8:24 PM | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five | The Message | The Message | In memory of Eric Garner. | Rhino |
| 8:31 PM | Wings Over Jordan Choir | Trying to Get Ready | Amen | In memory of Ahmand Aubrey. | King Records |
| 8:36 PM | Barack Obama | Amazing Grace Including Closing Remarks | President Obama Eulogizes Reverend Clementa Pinckney | In memory of those who perished in a South Carolina church shooting. | Heaven Sent Gaming |
| 8:40 PM | Gil Scott-Heron | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters | In memory of George Floyd. | Ace Records |
| 8:45 PM | Mahalia Jackson | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | In memory of Breonna Taylor. | ||
| 8:50 PM | Marvin Gaye | What’s Going On (Single Version) | What’s Going On | In memory of those who died in the Greenwood massacre in Tulsa. | UNI/MOTOWN |
| 8:56 PM | Paul Robeson | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | Ballad for Americans | Epilogue. | Vanguard Records |
Chuck The Writer 
great selections
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Logged on and listening! Gil Scott-Heron!!
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Brilliant set Chuck. Well Done!
Black Lives Matter!
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