{"id":67313,"date":"2021-01-14T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=67313"},"modified":"2021-01-14T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:29:51","slug":"childrens-chorus-and-rap-artist-tell-maryland-sing-a-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/childrens-chorus-and-rap-artist-tell-maryland-sing-a-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Chorus and Rap Artist Tell Maryland ‘Sing a New Song!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 14, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Members of the Children\u2019s Chorus of Maryland and a Baltimore rap artist have teamed up with the racial justice podcast Trouble4Good to urge the Maryland General Assembly to change the pro-Confederate Maryland state song.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CAPTION: Baltimore Rap Artist Wordsmith with Kids.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe call on the Maryland General Assembly to finally get rid of the pro-Confederate song \u2018Maryland! My, Maryland\u2019 which has never reflected the values of \u2018The Free State,’\u201d said rap artist and President of the Baltimore nonprofit \u201cRise with a Purpose\u201d Anthony \u201cWordsmith\u201d Parker. \u201cOn nine previous occasions the General Assembly has tried and failed to change the song. We feel the 10th time is going to be the charm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wordsmith and members of the nonprofit Children\u2019s Chorus of Maryland worked with the podcast \u201cTrouble4Good\u201d to create the video \u201cTeach Our Kids a New Song,\u201d which urges viewers to contact their Maryland representatives.<\/p>\n

The Maryland General Assembly is convening January 13 through April 12, 2021. The controversial song refers to Abraham Lincoln as a \u201cdespot,\u201d a \u201ctyrant,\u201d and a \u201cvandal\u201d and calls a pro-slavery, pro-Confederacy 1861 attack on Union soldiers in Baltimore \u201cpatriotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

VIDEO (YouTube):\u00a0https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/-YHyV9GqlnQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t have a state song we are ashamed to teach our children. Let\u2019s use this time as a teachable moment so we can come together and agree on a new song our children and all of us can be proud of,\u201d Wordsmith added.<\/p>\n

The song includes voices of children from the nonprofit Children\u2019s Chorus of Maryland (CCM), whose program seeks to empower children and value diversity. In 1995, CCM was proclaimed by Governor Schaefer to be the official Children\u2019s Chorus in Maryland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that some people want to keep the song as part of Maryland\u2019s history,\u201d said David Searby, Co-Host of Trouble4Good. \u201cBut the truth is that for too long pro-Confederate symbols like the Maryland state song have rewritten our history to justify secession, violence and white supremacy. Now more than ever after the events of January 6 our country needs to unify around symbols and songs that uplift the spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trouble4Good<\/a>\u00a0is a podcast on racial justice and other issues inspired by the life legacy of the late John Lewis. It launches in February during Black History Month. Learn more at:\u00a0https:\/\/trouble4good.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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