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Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women s issues in Africa and the African diaspora.
Arnold Josiah Ford created several songs, served on committees of the UNIA and spoke at rallies before later founding a synagogue in New York. (Public Domain Image)
Jamaica-born Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, per his biographies, was raised a Catholic but some historians have questioned whether or not he was a Muslim, considering he came into contact with personalities like Egyptian nationalist Duse Muhammad Ali, members of the Indian Hetrodox Ahmadiyyah Movement, and then Arnold Josiah Ford.
Upper Darby School District alum, Immanuel Wilkinsâ Omega has captured the #1 ranking for the Best Jazz Albums of 2020 by the New York Times. This debut record on the prestigious Blue Note Record label has been described by the New York Times as â⦠ten compositions that move with such grace, thereâs no time to feel overwhelmed by the surfeit of ideas packed into each one.â
Wilkins, 23, said that he wanted to craft something that spoke directly to the Black experience in America. With his own quartet of piano, bass, and drums, the alto saxophonist tries to capture the many emotions over the senseless loss of black lives in this country in compositions âFerguson â An American Traditionâ and âMary Turner â An American Tradition.â A soothing song, âThe Dreamer,â honors the life of Black author, teacher, and activist James Weldon Johnson. âWarriorsâ is an upbeat tune that Wilkins describes as being about friendsh