The last words of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin are featured in Atlanta composer Joel Thompson's work.

The last words of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin are featured in Atlanta composer Joel Thompson's work.

An Atlanta composer has a new work that features the last words of unarmed black men killed by authority figures. We talk with Joel Thompson, whose piece, “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” is being performed by students at the University of Michigan. 

"I came to realize that many of the barriers that exist between us - racism, sexism, and other boundaries - are the result of people not being willing to have those experiences in which we step into other people's shoes….I felt that the piece would be able to offer that opportunity." - Atlanta composer Joel Thompson

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