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How photographer Frank Stewart captured the culture of jazz, church and Black life in the US
Richmond News· 2 hours agoStewart’s ghostly photograph of a New Orleans church organ ravaged by the floodwaters of Hurricane...
Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died
Toronto Star· 5 days agoBernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles around the world, died ...
What's Happening in August: Events, Exhibits and Resources
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days agoBlues music—African American cultural expression, musical style and musical form—goes back more than...
Louis Armstrong: The US jazz icon with a controversial legacy
BBC News· 5 days agoWith the release of new, previously unheard live recordings from the BBC, questions remain over...
Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58
New York Times· 3 days agoToumani Diabaté, a virtuoso of the kora, a 21-stringed West African instrument, which he often put...
Daymé Arocena’s Afro-Caribbean music graces Grand Performances stage
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoDaymé Arocena‘s distinctive Caribbean flair drew concertgoers of all ages to downtown L.A.’s...
Celebrate Emancipation Day at the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History
CNW· 5 days agoOn Saturday, July 27, join us at the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History for...
Here’s Olympic Soccer Star Sophia Smith’s Winning Bedtime Routine
Self via Yahoo News· 3 days agoI try to do all the things that make it feel relaxing and calm. I usually have a candle lit and turn...
Toumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the kora to the world
The Conversation· 3 days agoWhen Toumani was born in Bamako in 1965, neither his surname Diabaté or his instrument, the kora, an iconic 21-stringed African harp, were familiar to anyone outside the Mande ...
Where Kamala Harris eats and hangs out in D.C.
Axios· 5 days agoThe big picture: Harris has lived in D.C. for years: She was previously a California senator before becoming vice president and lived here as a Howard...