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PBS & Alicia Keys Present ‘How It Feels To Be Free’ Doc | Trailblazing Black Female Entertainers Lena Horn, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson & More
American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free, is an upcoming documentary that tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process. The…
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UBGteam Blogs: ‘Happy Birthday Prince’
UBGteam Blogs: Happy Birthday Prince (2010) – By ND McCray Born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the man who has influenced a wide array of artists from actors to rappers turns 52 today, and doesn’t look a year over 40. The artist has been quoted as saying, “I make music because if I don’t, I’d…
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