Shreveport's Seratones confront Confederate monuments in moving music video for 'Power':
“Power” has lead singer A.J. Haynes belting like Aretha about the neverending struggle for social justice: In the chorus, she declares, “We take two steps forward / they take one step backward / we take each step to lift ourselves higher.” And now in their new music video, Haynes locates the triumphant “Power” within the injustices the Black community of Shreveport faces.
The video is dedicated to the founder of Baton Rouge’s African American Museum, Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who was. Haynes explains in a statement that Roberts-Joseph “understood that in the South, we live with the Spirits of our complicated history—but the Spirits are often muted, silenced, or talked over … as if an impenetrable barrier muffles our understanding. I hope this video offers a way for us to listen to those Spirits and honor her Power.
The Confederate monument has always been a chilling reminder of the lengths that people will go in order to control someone else’s body. This violent lineage is even more evident in the wake of Sadie Roberts-Joseph’s recent murder. She amplified the stories of Black people in Louisiana, carved a sacred space for our living narrative. Although an unknown assailant took her life, they will never be able to take away her voice.
The Calanthean Temple represents a celebration of autonomy, persistence, and innovation. How amazing that Cora M. Allen owned a thriving Black cultural hub at the height of Jim Crow in a place nicknamed Bloody Caddo.
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