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steve2470

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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:51 PM Dec 2014

Samuel L. Jackson Challenges Celebrities to Sing To Protest ‘Racist Police’

Last edited Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:22 AM - Edit history (1)

http://www.boston.com/entertainment/celebrity/2014/12/14/samuel-jackson-challenges-celebrities-sing-protest-racist-police/6QbosIo5pSCchvhdsHlWzJ/story.html

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Samuel L. Jackson is calling out fellow celebrities who took the ‘ice bucket challenge’ earlier this year to help make another cause go viral.

The Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained star posted a video to his Facebook page Saturday, asking his peers to post videos of themselves singing the “We Ain’t Gonna Stop Till People are Free” song, a reference to the ongoing “Black Lives Matter” protests across the nation.

“All you celebrities out there who poured ice water on your head, here’s a chance to do something else,” he tells viewers.

The lyrics begin:

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Samuel L. Jackson Challenges Celebrities to Sing To Protest ‘Racist Police’ (Original Post) steve2470 Dec 2014 OP
Too cool Number23 Dec 2014 #1
Thank you Mr. Jackson. When you stand up for the least of us, you stand up for all of us. Scuba Dec 2014 #2
I love it! user_name Dec 2014 #3

Number23

(24,544 posts)
1. Too cool
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:19 AM
Dec 2014

And I'm listening to him sing the song too. He has always been the baddest brotha in Hollywood. You GO, Sam.

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