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A Hidden Hero Of Jazz

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Williams didn’t just change, she grew; the brilliant ideas that were present in her earlier work expanded on contact with new musical realms, and she found herself doubling back on prior resistance to the strongest and most difficult new styles to incorporate both their freedom and their complexity into her playing.

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The passing of artist Harry L. Davis | Black Art In America

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“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our dear friend and renowned artist Harry L. Davis. He was a warrior, a gentle giant, and a warm spirit…R.I.P.

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‘Boom For Real’ Paints a Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat As a Young Man | Colorlines

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The upcoming documentary explores Basquiat’s formative teenage years in New York City.

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An Afrofuturist Graphic Novel Revives the Lost Histories of Women-Led Slave Revolts | Hyperallergic

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Erased from history books, the stories and roles of women in slave revolts will now be told in vivid form by Rebecca Hall.

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The big picture: Window Nurses, NYC, 1966 | The Guardian

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The racial divide in 1960s America is captured in a rediscovered image by Italian photographer Mario Carnicelli

Fountain Street Church, George Bayard collaborate to bring “African American Artists Tell the Story” to community | CulturedGR

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An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.

There are drummers, then jazz drummers, and then there’s Harvey Mason | Michigan Chronicle

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Harvey Mason isn’t just a jazz drummer. In fact, he isn’t just a drummer.