Three years before he was accused of setting fire to a Niagara County Sheriff’s Office patrol car and threatening a deputy investigating the incident, Schuyler P. Johnson faced eviction from
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To mark Black History Month, the Maroon Arts Collective recently gathered a handful of Columbus singers to record a fresh take on Lift Every Voice and Sing, sometimes known as the Black National Anthem. Contributors include: Renee Dion, Quan Howell, Najoura, T. Wong, Adria Shahid and Schuyler Johnson.
“When re-imagining this great work by the Johnson brothers, it was (and is) my intention to surround this beautiful melody with a synergetic gumbo that explores various expressions articulated by us, Black people,” Cedric Easton, musician and arranger of the project, said in an accompanying press release. “The cornerstone of this arrangement is heavily steeped in our Black American rhythm and blues tradition. However, the arrangement includes various spices such as Afro Cuban percussion, Brazilian guitar and South African styled choral singing.”
from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn sunday morning for october 9. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. i m t.j. holmes. as always, we want to say a special good morning to our service men and women watching us right now, the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. let s talk about the president first and the jobs bill. this is going to be an important week. in just a couple of days, the president s jobs bill will get an important test. the senate is expected to vote on his $447 billion package. the congressional budget office says the plan s tax on millionaires would raise an estimated $453 billion. still, republican leaders, they don t like that tax. the president this weekend, we heard from him. he s pushing ahead anyway. some see this as class warfare. i see it as a simple choice. we can either keep taxes exactly as they are for millionaires and approximatelynair and billionaires, or we can ask them to pay at least the