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Opinion | Poetry Helped My Heart Survive

-0:00 ‘Democracy’ by Langston Hughes Democracy will not come today, this year, nor ever through compromise and fear. I have as much right as the other fellow has to stand on my two feet, and own the land. I tire so of hearing people say let things take their course, tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrows bread. Freedom is a strong seed, planted in a great need. I live here too. I want freedom just as you. Langston Hughes used poetry to call out America’s complications and bigotries when many other poets were writing nationalistic jingles. At the same time, his poems were soundtracks for Black American life, infused with jazz and blues and the clarity of protest. That’s why Hughes’s poems are timeless: They refused to make excuses for America’s legacy of oppression, the same legacy we’re still grappling with now.

KUOW - Selena At 50: Preserving And Protecting A Precious Legacy

Fans with a photo of Selena during a ceremony honoring her in 2017. Over the decades since her death, Selena s legacy has become even more profound than writer Deborah Paredez ever anticipated. Credit: AFP via Getty Images Selena At 50: Preserving And Protecting A Precious Legacy By at 5:00 am NPR This week marks what would have been the 50th birthday of Selena Quintanilla Perez, the popular musical superstar known by her legions of fans simply as Selena. Though she s been gone for over a quarter century, she seems more popular than ever. Why is it that 26 years after her death at age 23, Selena is experiencing such a remarkable revival? And has she ever really been that far from our thoughts or our playlists?

For Decades, Countless Young Latinas Like Me Have Regarded Selena as an Icon Maybe It s Time We Took Her off the Pedestal – Texas Monthly

For Decades, Countless Young Latinas Like Me Have Regarded Selena as an Icon Maybe It s Time We Took Her off the Pedestal – Texas Monthly
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Pollstar | Celebrating Women s Live History: Ella Fitzgerald Performs At Berlin s Deutschlandhalle In 1960

By: Pollstar Staff In honor of Women’s History Month, Pollstar is spotlighting seminal live performances by women every weekday throughout March. Similar to the philosophy behind Pollstar’ s February series – – we aim to feature a variety of artists from different time periods and music genres to help put into perspective the vast range of amazing live performances by women who over the years have greatly enriched our lives and culture. We are only too aware that we can only hope to scratch the surface of so many brilliant performances by so many incredibly talented women, be it jazz, soul, R&B, punk, hip-hop, classical, blues, rock, country and far more.

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