Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion to MLK and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream

August 27, 2023

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Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

August 11, 2023

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Hip-hop and health – why so many rap artists die young

July 22, 2023

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Overtime Elite – a private school, basketball league and media conglomerate – just sent two players to the NBA

June 29, 2023

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A community can gentrify without losing its identity – examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works

June 7, 2023

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Low-cost, high-quality public transportation will serve the public better than free rides

April 19, 2023

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Black singles with college education embrace life without marriage

April 9, 2023

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Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn’t been good – and that’s not bad for art that shatters conventions

March 28, 2023

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The state takeover of Houston public schools is about more than school improvement

March 19, 2023

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Jimmy Carter’s African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

March 18, 2023

By: The Conversation