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The Bonnie Behind Clyde

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was the Camel chain-smoking, rifle handling evader of the law from West Dallas, TX. Bonnie goes unrecognized if her name is not accompanied by Clyde and the converse is also true. In the history books, she goes down as merely an accomplice of Clyde and an outlaw. But there was more to [...]
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“How they sold Marcus Garvey for rice”-LH

He taught us that “Black is Beautiful!” and his name is still heard in the hums and ha’s of reggae, jazz, and blues music. Lauryn Hills sings about “how they sold Marcus Garvey for rice” and one gets curious about his story. His legacy lives in the colors of the Black Liberation Flag, the Flag [...]
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