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Black unity means standing together instead of tearing each other down. It means supporting Black-owned businesses, celebrating each other’s success, encouraging friends to chase their dreams, and protecting one another from negativity. Too often, young people are made to feel like they have to struggle alone. The truth is no one makes it alone. Strong communities are built when people help each other rise. It truly takes a village.
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In a classroom where students of all ages are singing instead of memorizing, math is starting to make sense. Niah Spriggs, an African American educator in Oklahoma City, is using music to transform how her students learn math with the release of a new album, “Multiply the Beats: Math That Moves,” on all platforms, including YouTube, Apple, and Amazon Music, to name a few. (Visit the YouTube page to see a sample.)
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Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad When a Man Loves a Woman, has died. He was 74.
John Legend is proving that there are some musicians out there who are staying abreast of social issues plaguing the U.S. On Monday the Oscar-winning singer announced his new initiative, Free America, as part of his efforts to end mass incarceration.
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Willie Harris was one of the first Black stuntmen in Hollywood. And recently, he has been honored by the Mississippi Legislature… for getting shot.
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