“Who gets to be free? Is someone free when they don't have to think about the way people look at them or treat them because of the color of their skin? Is someone free when they don't have to spend time on this earth with people who have hearts made of hate? Or is someone only really free when they're no longer a part of this world?” ― Jay Coles
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|
| Set 1 | | | |
| Max Roach feat. Abbey Lincoln | Freedom Day | 1961 | Candid |
| Oscar Brown Jr. | Brother Where Are You? | 1965 | Fontana |
| Nina Simone | Go to Hell | 1967 | RCA Victor |
| The Staple Singers | Got to Be Some Changes Made | 1968 | Stax |
| James Coit | Black Power | 1968 | Phoof |
| The Armstrong Brothers | Can You Treat Him Like a Brother | 1973 | Jewel |
| Set 2 | | | |
| Syl Johnson | Walk a Mile in My Shoes | 1970 | Twinight |
| Eric Mercury | Electric Black Man | 1969 | AVCO Embassy |
| George Soulé | Get Involved | 1973 | Fame |
| The Voices of East Harlem | Take a Stand | 1974 | Just Sunshine |
| Hart & Shorter | Let's Get Our World Together | 1970 | Klondike |
| Rance Allen Group | If I Could Make the World Better | 1972 | Gospel Truth |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Or Down You Fall | 1971 | Flying Dutchman |
| Getto Kitty | Stand Up and Be Counted | 1972 | Stroud |
| Set 3 | | | |
| Sons of Slum | Right On | 1971 | Stax |
| Solomon Burke | Social Change | 1974 | ABC/Dunhill |
| The Last Poets | Hands Off | 1972 | Blue Thumb |
| Melvin Van Peebles | A Birth Certificate Ain't Nothing But a Death Warrant Anyway | 1973 | Atlantic |
| Stevie Wonder | Living for the City | 1973 | Tamla |
| Marlena Shaw | I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) | 1969 | Cadet |
| Set 4/Outro | | | |
| Billy Paul | Am I Black Enough for You? | 1972 | Philadelphia Int'l |
| Mark Alexander | A Change Had Better Come | 1975 | Vaya |
| Camille Yarbrough | Can I Get a Witness | 1975 | Vanguard |
| Vicki Anderson | In the Land of Milk and Honey | 1971 | Brownstone |
| Segments of Time | Song to the System | 1972 | Sussex |
| Funkadelic | Everybody's Going to Make It This Time | 1972 | Westbound |
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