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Post-women’s movement when a young Kim Andersson discovered men made more money, and post-Soviet Union when she was in the Ukraine and saw bread lines, the future Wiscasset selectman realized it takes more than law to bring change. Her voice broke...
Dr. Opie sheds light on the role food played in the life of another Harlem Renaissance-era Floridian, James Weldon Johnson.
National Antiques, Art and Vintage Fair to open on October 22nd in Limerick
( ThyBlackMan.com) It is a long-standing tradition to air the national anthem prior to kickoff at football games. Now, the NFL has decided to follow this tradition by playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is known traditionally to many Black Americans as the Black national anthem. The song was originally written as a poem in 1900 by author and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson. The NAACP coined it “the Negro national anthem” in 1919 because of the poem’s powerful affirmation for Black Americans who suffered a violent and tragic history as they struggled for liberation...
As USA realises, Black Music Month, an annual celebration of Black Music and its creators, celebrated in June, there is one song that embodies the culture and…