“Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”  is a funk song performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis in 1968.  It was released as a two-part single which held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks, and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.  Both parts of the single were later included on James Brown’s 1968 album A Soulful Christmas and on his 1969 album sharing the title of the song.  The song became an unofficial anthem of the Black Power movement.  (More from Wikipedia)