{"id":110591,"date":"2016-09-28T12:22:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=110591"},"modified":"2016-09-28T12:22:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:22:33","slug":"the-roots-and-public-enemy-performed-on-the-opening-of-museum-of-african-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-roots-and-public-enemy-performed-on-the-opening-of-museum-of-african-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots And Public Enemy Performed On The Opening Of Museum Of African  American History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"110592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-roots-and-public-enemy-performed-on-the-opening-of-museum-of-african-american-history\/160925-the-roots-827x620\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?fit=827%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"827,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Roots\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?fit=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?fit=640%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Roots\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-110592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?resize=540%2C405&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160925-The-Roots-827x620.jpg?resize=827%2C620&amp;ssl=1 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Museum of African American History has opened in Washington, D.C. A concert was held on the opening day where Public Enemy, The Roots and The Living Colour Sunday preformed.<br \/>\nOn this event Public Enemy preformed classic cuts and they have dedicated their preformance of \u201cFlight Power\u201d to actor Bill Nun.<br \/>\nThe Roots dedicated the bend set to \u201canyone, anywhere who has ever lifted a camera or a voice, who\u2019s ever lifted a fist or a flag, or taken a knee against social injustice,\u201d says Billboard.<br \/>\nWe are all witnesses of two shootings ( Keith Scott and Terence Crutcher)  and we can say that racial tensions are rising. Obama has said during his speech that the African American story \u201cperhaps needs to be told now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe width='480' height='290' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/cb7333c8-8273-11e6-9578-558cc125c7ba' frameborder='0' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Museum of African American History has opened in Washington, D.C. 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