*A classical music tribute concert called “Sing Her Name” will take place in New York tonight (July 13) to commemorate black women impacted by racial injustice and female activists and organizers of the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements.
Inspired by #SayHerName, “Sing Her Name” takes place on the one year anniversary of the passing of Sandra Bland, who was pulled over for forgetting a turn signal, subsequently arrested after a confrontation, and found hanged in her Texas county jail cell. Bland’s family and friends have vehemently denied she would have taken her own life, calling the prospect “unfathomable.”
The same month of Bland’s death, four more black women died behind bars ― Kindra Chapman, Raynette Turner, Joyce Curnell and Ralkina Jones.
Organized by clarinetist and music teacher Eun Lee and presented by “The Dream Unfinished: An Activist Orchestra,” the concert, features a program of music by all-female composers like Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Ethel Smyth.
The performance will also feature Courtney Bryan’s song “Yet Unheard,” featuring poetry by Sharan Strange in memory of Sandra Bland. Listen below:
“Sing Her Name” takes place Wednesday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Cooper Union in New York City. View more information here.
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