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       But here’s the truth: your circumstances set the stage, but your choices write the script. As Jay-Z wisely put it, “I’m not a businessman. I’m a business, man.” This lyric reminds us that we have the power to shape our own destiny through the choices we make.

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 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception.

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Another song “You Know It Ain’t Right” by Joe Hinton was released in 1963. Many listeners thought Hinton was singing about a lost love (The B-side was “Lovesick Blues”), but a closer listening of the lyrics reveals a sound more like a protest song – perhaps a precursor to Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”.

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