The season premiere of the TV show black-ish featured this Schoolhouse Rock!-inspired history lesson about the ending of slavery in America. That alone would be cool but they went the extra mile and created animated versions of The Roots to tell the story. It’s really well done and quite poignant.
Sing along… to the tune of “I’m just a bill” (lyrics cribbed from the YouTube comment’s section):
I am a slave
Yes, I’m only a slave
They’ll place my body in an unmarked grave
In these confederate days
It’s kinda hard to lift every voice singing
While worrying about how low the sweet chariots are swinging
I could swing from a tree, but hey
I hope and pray that they don’t kill me today
I am still just a slave
I am a slave in the home of the brave
A product of the triangular trade
Please pardon my ways
If I’m nervous or the slightest bit skittish
In the presence of the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, or British
They kept me in colonial chains
Tell me how to persuade them to chill
Or to save me and still I’m a slave
Go ahead, jump into Juneteenth rabbit hole.