By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In observing Black History Month, National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., has always maintained a poetic theory: “The best way to observe Black History Month is to make more Black history,” Dr. Chavis, one of America’s prominent civil rights icons, stated. A recent New York Times article noted another place where Black history can – and should – be made. The newspaper noted that orchestras are among the least racially diverse cultural institutions in the U.S., and Black musicians accounted for 1.8 percent of […]
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