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Linda Martell Broke Country Music’s Color Line—Her Granddaughter is Ensuring the Genre Always...
EBONY· 2 days agoLinda Martell, a pioneering figure in country music, made history as the first Black woman to...
Author talks violence against the labor movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, book
The GW Hatchet· 2 days agoAn author and professor discussed the often violent anti-labor practices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries for a book talk at Gelman Library on Thursday. Chad Pearson, an assistant professor ...
Religious views on abortion more diverse than they may appear in U.S. political debate
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLawmakers who oppose abortion often invoke their faith — many identify as Christian — while debating...
The First Black ‘Doctor Who’ Injects Life Into Flagging Series
The Daily Beast· 5 days agoAfter a maligned few seasons, the beloved sci-fi series is back to win over new fans—and make ...
"An effortless command of musical time”: A music professor breaks down Amy Winehouse's Back to Black
MusicRadar via Yahoo News· 7 days ago(Roger Linn’s drum machines apply swing at the sixteenth note level, not the eighth note level, but...
What the Broadway Musical 'Suffs' Gets Right (and Wrong) About the History of Women's Suffrage
Smithsonian Magazine· 11 hours agoIn 1776, Abigail Adams famously implored her husband, John, who was formulating a “new code of laws”...
ArtSEA: Seattle arts venues are putting a good face on it
Crosscut· 5 days agoPlus, ideas for an artful Mother’s Day weekend, from plants to printed matter.
The Problem With America’s Protest Feedback Loop
The Atlantic· 5 days agoThe lack of immediate outcomes from the Gaza protests is not at all unusual. In a new working paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Amory Gethin of the Paris School of Economics ...
5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 days agoStefan M. Bradley’s 2009 history focuses on the intertwined rises of Black and student power in...
The Black Female Artists Redefining Minimalism
New York Times· 5 days agoJENNIE C. JONES was a 20-year-old art student when she first saw the work of the minimalist painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly installed at the Art...