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Dirty Bird Blues"> On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, <em

Dirty Bird Blues">On Clarence Major’s Enduring Portrait of the Blues, Dirty Bird Blues

Charles J. Shields on the Profound and Playful Friendship Between Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin

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Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

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Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening"> How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s <em

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