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Jun 8, 2024 · Great Migrations, in Two Plays. Samm-Art Williams’s “Home,” on Broadway, and Shayan Lotfi’s “What Became of Us,” at Atlantic Theatre Company, portray the politics and the emotions of ...
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Jun 8, 2024 · The story of a Black man hightailing it away from the South toward new opportunity in the big city is a long-running trope that places Williams’s play onto the broad continuum of the Great Migration. A migratory literary cousin of Cephus’s might sound a lament like this one, from Langston Hughes’s poem “One-Way Ticket”:
4 days ago · Covered by the likes of Buddy Guy and B.B. King, the 1952 blues standard will be heard in the upcoming free concert series, “Chicago Bound: The Great Migration of the Blues. ” A number-one hit ...
Jun 8, 2024 · If the North has any songful impact on him at all, it’s that it makes him sound a bit like the narrator of Marvin Gaye’s 1971 masterpiece, “What’s Going On,” particularly in the ecologically minded song “Mercy Mercy Me”:
4 days ago · Through nostalgic clips, interviews with experts, and fascinating insights into various aspects of popular culture – including music, fashion, movies, TV shows, politics – this series is both informative and evocative.
Jun 17, 2024 · New communities emerged that contained black social and cultural institutions, and musical and literary expressions flourished. Black migrants who left the South exercised voting rights, sending the first black representatives to Congress in the 20th century.
Jun 19, 2024 · The humpback whale, a majestic leviathan of the seas, is celebrated for its acrobatic displays and complex songs. Humpback whales show a repertoire of at least 15 different surface behaviors, making them easy to spot.
