Give me schools and give me better books
So I can read about myself and gain my true looks

from James Brown – I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself) Lyrics on Rap Genius

During the late 1960’s and 1970’s, Brown was a vocal advocate for education. He made speeches in front of children and kept his pro-education message going through songs such as the 1966 tune “Don’t Be A Drop-Out”

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