Today marks five months since Breonna Taylor was killed during a police raid on her home. To honor her and other women, over 50 radio stations in the US are pausing scheduled programming to play one of her favorite songs and a message from her family.
To honor Taylor and other women, more than 50 radio stations nationwide will pause their scheduled programming at 2 p.m. ET today and play one of her favorite songs, along with a message from her family.The broadcast will air in cities including Louisville, Philadelphia and New Orleans, according to a Facebook page for the event. Even a station in Vienna, Austria, will participate. The participants are an informal group of community radio stations.
Read MoreSharon Scott, the general manager of WXOX, told CNN that the participating stations will play"Everything" by Mary J. Blige -- one of Taylor's favorite songs at the time of her death, according to her aunt, Bianca Austin.The tribute will also feature a reading of the names of women who have been victims of police violence, accompanied by sounds from protests in Louisville, Scott wrote in an email.
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