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    Sam Cooke receives apology for racism behind ‘Change is Gonna Come’

    Ariyanna Smith, DIBy Ariyanna Smith, DIJune 25, 2019Updated:June 27, 2019No Comments1 Min Read
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    The soulful songster finally received an apology for the racism he experienced decades ago.

    What We Know:

    • Lousiana Mayor, Adrian Perkins, apologized to Sam Cooke at the Let the Good Times Roll Festival on Saturday.
    • Mayor Perkins apologized for the racism that inspired Cooke to write his song, ‘Change is Gonna Come.’
    • In 1963, Cooke, his wife, Barbara, and his brother, Charles, came to Shreveport, LA for a performance. When they arrived at the Shreveport Holiday Inn, they were turned away for being black and later arrested for disturbing the peace.
    • KTBS reported that Mayor Perkins said, “We need to come to terms with our past so we can move forward in a positive way, so this is the beginning.” He continued, “Specifically with this, it’s a beginning of a new relationship with the Cooke family.”
    • “Change is Gonna Come” is known as an anthem of the civil rights movements. Cooke sang powerful lyrics, “It’s been a long, a long time coming. But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will”

    This is a step in the right direction for Shreveport.

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