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Kenneth Anderson keeps alive the spirit of Paul Robeson
October 25, 2009Meet Kenneth Anderson, an accomplished musician, academic, veteran and civil rights activist. He keeps the songs and spirit of Paul Robeson alive on and off the stage.
Read moreWoody Guthrie ‘in his prime’
October 13, 2009After discovering master recordings of the legendary Woody Guthrie in a Brooklyn basement, Rounder Records released a four-disc boxed set, "My Dusty Road."
Read moreA U.S. musician pays tribute to Mercedes Sosa
October 7, 2009Argentinian folksinger Mercedes Sosa was known the world over as “the voice of the voiceless.”
Read moreMercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer for justice, dies
October 6, 2009Mercedes Sosa, who died Sunday, will live in the hearts of lovers of the Nueva Cancion and of social justice.
Read moreINTERVIEW Will.i.Am and The X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May 1, 2009Kam Williams, a syndicated film and book critic who writes for more than 100 publications around the U.S. and Canada, interviews Will.I.Am about his role in The X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This interview is on BlackNews.com.
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