Classic album cover for Pink Floyd's The Wall. A white brick wall, with black "painted" lettering

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   On this day in 1980, the South African government banned Pink Floyd's single 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)' after Black children adopted the song as their anthem in protest against inferior education.

   Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two (Official Music Video)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY

   Movie version
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U

   More info: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pink-floyd-banned-south-africa/

   #SouthAfrica #PinkFloyd #Apartheid #80sMusic #Education