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Archie Shepp on jazz, race and freedom: 'Institutions continue to abuse power' Lanre Bakare © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images One night at Five Spot Cafe in the early 1960s, two gangsters were sitting at the bar when Cecil Taylor’s group started to play. Taylor, a pianist, poet and leading figure in the new vanguard of jazz musicians, was known for his intense sets that could – on the wrong night – clear bars completely. This particular evening on the Lower East Side, he had a small but committed crowd in, plus the two hoods, who began...

At 83, the saxophonist has somewhat mellowed his funkily avant-garde music – but his anger at the racial injustice he has fought all his life remains undimmed

From special jewellery collections to partnerships and product launches, more brands than ever are celebrating Black History Month this year in ways that truly give back. As we enter the back half of the important month, following a year of historic protests and calls for change thanks to movements like Black Lives Matter, it’s crucial that we put our money where our mouths are. Thanks to companies like Apple and entertainers like Tynomi Banks, we can. Here, some of the month’s best Black History Month products that benefit worthy causes. Roots collaborated with The Black Academy (Photog...

The program is part of Apple's $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.

In Oakland's Chinatown, community leaders are going public with their pleas for help in combating an increase in violent crime, an effort deemed especially important with the Lunar New Year celebration kicking into high gear. On Thursday, Feb. 11 his security cameras captured one of his customers being robbed as she left the shop. She was about to get into her car when another car pulled up and a suspect got out and stole her purse. "She had her son in the back seat," said Nguyen. "Two or three minutes later, my mom came with my daughter. I don't know how I'd feel if that happened to my mom. ...