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The women discuss the group\u2019s music video tribute to King, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/sweethoneyintherock.org\/givelove\/\">Give Love<\/a>,\u201d and the principles taught by King that are still important in race relations today. They also talk about the group\u2019s new CD, \u201c#LoveinEvolution,\u201d which will be released on January 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very painful situation that we find ourselves in, of looking at where we\u2019ve been and perhaps making the wrong assumption that so much progress has been made, when we see ourselves retreating right back to some of the same behaviors,\u201d said Sweet Honey in the Rock member Nitanju Bolade Casel.<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/01\/14\/january-15-2016-sweet-honey-in-the-rock\/28658\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":28681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[2814,4370,600],"class_list":["post-28658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-civil-rights","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-music","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-literature-and-the-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sweet Honey in the Rock | January 15, 2016 | Religion &amp; 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