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Artists effect change through unique talents | Afro

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Moving the country forward, just as much as the likes of Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., activism through the work of Black entertainers has long been a staple of change. Though not always as overt as a March on Washington, Black artists have long nurtured […]

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