October 2020

Moseka House was a physical home that Abbey Lincoln always wanted to build where musicians could come to feel safe and free. In this presentation, Marc Cary will be keeping this dream alive with her music and conversation about her dreams and her ongoing quest for freedom using her music and words for social change. (Hartford Jazz…

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By Danielle Braff Oct. 7, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET Black bridal designers have been at the forefront of innovation in the bridal fashion industry for years, yet many of them have failed to receive the recognition that they deserve.  Most famously, when Ann Lowe, a Black woman who created gowns for debutantes and society brides, designed Jacqueline Bouvier’s…

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Johnny Nash, a singer whose “I Can See Clearly Now” reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972, helping to bring reggae music to a mainstream audience in the United States and over the decades becoming an anthem of optimism and renewal, died on Tuesday at his home in Houston. He was 80. Read…

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Take some flour and sift it with a little baking powder and a dash of salt and half as much sugar as flour. For 6 pancakes I used about 1/2 heaping cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and about 1/3 cup sugar. Add 1 or 2 eggs, a glug of oil (pour the oil and…

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But let’s be clear: Going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. Going high means taking the harder path. It means scraping and clawing our way to that mountain top. Going high means standing fierce against hatred while remembering that we are one nation…

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Players have united to depose a sitting senator in Georgia, who has clashed with the Black Lives Matter movement and is an owner of the Atlanta Dream and one of the wealthiest members of Congress. W.N.B.A. players, led by members of the Dream, began wearing T-shirts declaring “Vote Warnock,” a reference to the Democratic preacher running against…

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