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‘Shadow of segregation looms’ on 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoRep. Al Green (D-Texas) was only 7 when the Supreme Court ruled in the Brown v. Board of Education...
Legacy of Isaac Hayes' 1969 'Hot Buttered Soul' revived in remastered album
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMore than five decades after its groundbreaking, gold-selling release, Craft Recordings has released...
Colorful history: Highlights from 77 years of Wilmington's N.C. Azalea Festival
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt's almost time for the 77th annual North Carolina Azalea Festival, which returns to Wilmington...
Lynn Wheeler, longtime influential Charlotte City Council member, dies at 80
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLynn Wheeler, a former Charlotte City Council member and consummate networker who helped shape her...
Former Obama Speechwriter Recounts the Real Story Behind 'Amazing Grace' Speech: 'Then He Began to...
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSpeechwriter Cody Keenan writes in his new book that the now-iconic eulogy for Rev. Clementa...
Black leaders pay tribute to MLK on 55th anniversary of assassination
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJust after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was on his way to dinner in Memphis,...
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trailblazer Tina Turner Dies at 83
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTina Turner, whose gritty vocals and fierce, sizzling performances powered two iconic music careers —as one-half of husband-and-wife duo Ike & Tina...
We're talking with the Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison about tour with Adrian Belew
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMcKEES ROCKS – The Talking Heads' "Remain in Light" makes people want to dance all night. And that's...
Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew bring non-stop party to the Roxian
Beaver County Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMcKEES ROCKS – We tend to use praise like "they slayed," or "they killed," or "it slapped" or it was...
Nikki Giovanni's moments for the culture: A talk with James Baldwin and her 'Thug Life' tattoo
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt 80 years old, literary icon and legend in the Black Arts movement Nikki Giovanni isn’t sporting...