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Where Was Rock N Roll 35 Years Ago

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Many people and many styles of music influenced Rock and Roll. The styles included Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Bluegrass, Boogie-Woogie, and Rockabilly. Each was a major factor into the introduction of a new style of music c...

New Millennium Music

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Gospel music revenues were 11 percent higher over the industry average last year.   Music scholar Eric Christian attributes this growth to savvy imaging, more sophisticated marketing and the emergence of varied ethnic...

Doing It Yourself

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The Chief (Alfred Anderson)

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The father of Black Aviation, Charles A. “Chief” Anderson, turned the tide against segregation in the armed services when he gave Eleanor Roosevelt her first plane ride with a Black pilot – an experience which the US ...

Africa in Chaos

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Famine, colonialism, civil war, dictators and terrorism have marked Africa’s political and social history.  Is there a prescription for addressing Africa’s problems?  What is at the core of the continent’s social and ...

A Rap Against Rap

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Pernicious words like “nigger” have become standard gutter talk among a “gangsta” subculture of African-Americans who call themselves rap artists. One black writer, columnist and cartoonist for the Tacoma Tribune got ...

How To Be A Star

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Latin Jazz: A Billy Taylor Musical Salute

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Black Contract with America

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Why are an increasing number of leaders in the Black church moving toward what they call the New Black Church?  Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., senior pastor of the Hope Christian Church in College Park, Maryland and fo...

Y2K Alarmist

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A 30% fall in the Dow Jones industrial average in 1999 and crashing computers will cause a worldwide recession, even a possible depression. Who would predict such doomsday events?  Only a Y2K alarmist who also happens...