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Mary Lou Williams: Jazz Pioneer and Composer Extraordinaire
Mary Lou Williams was born on May 8, 1910, in Atlanta, and passed away on May 28, 1981, in Durham,…
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Book Review: “Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement”
The One Percent has everything you do not. A fancy house in a posh place. Designer clothing, fast cars. Friends…
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BOOK REVIEW: Black Entertainers on Big and Small Screen Recalled in New Books by Two Authors
Once was a time when you rarely saw a Black face in entertainment unless you were specifically looking for one…
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Granville Woods: The Black Edison
Granville T. Woods, a name that reverberates through the annals of technological innovation, was a trailblazing inventor whose contributions transformed…
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Cross-Dressing Blues Artist Gladys Bentley Was ‘Out’ Ahead of Her Time
In 1934, New York City’s King’s Terrace nightclub faced closure after complaints about its “dirty songs.” The venue had been…
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Gus Newport, Local and International Luminary for Civil and Human Rights, 88
Characterized as a “Roaring Lion ‘of progressive politics in the 20th century, former Berkeley Mayor Eugene ‘Gus’ Newport worked without…
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Emil Guillermo: The Historical Indictment Party in New York City and the 1st Presidential Mugshot
I’m still in Manhattan, performing in Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s off-Broadway play now at Theater for the New City. I’m…
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