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Michael Gonzales on Esperanza Spalding

For those who only became aware of the bassist when she won this year’s Best New Artist Grammy award.

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Curtis Mayfield and the Black Rock Connection

With only a few days to go before the BRC Orchestra spends two nights performing the Civil Rights songbook of Curtis Mayfield, Michael Gonzales reflects on the quiet musical giant. While Curtis Mayfield was always been considered one of the greatest soul voices to come out of Chicago, his guitar playing was often so understated [...]

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GOOD READS: #TrayvonMartin Around The Web

So much conversation–and now maybe some justice–for this young man.

GOOD READ: Charles Blow on the Trayvon Martin case

Will an innocent black boy get justice?

What’s Race Got To Do With It?

The antidote to the country’s first black president

Why Is The N.Y.P.D. After Me?

A 23-year-old New Yorker talks about having been stopped and frisked by NYPD at least five times.

The Rise of the New Confederacy: How America-Hating Right-Wingers Took Over The GOP

Those on the extreme right are different. Here’s how and why.

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