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  • Cool Down with a Cherry Berry Batanga

    Unerased BWS has teamed up with Tyra the Creative, actress, photographer, pastry chef and travel enthusiast to bring you this special summer cocktail recipe.

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  • Paris – Where the Black Diaspora Meets

    Julia Browne, historian and tour guide, takes us back to Paris as a meeting place for descendants of Africa scattered across the globe.

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    9 minute read

  • Black Music: The Sound of Freedom

    From the spirituals flowed melodies for the soul. It transitioned to a syncopation, improv of early folk music evolving into blues, jazz, gospel, swing, R&B and Hip-Hop.

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    4 minute read

  • Celebrating Three Blues Queens

    Musical royalty, they were all late 19th Century contemporaries who staked out their legendary portraits: the First Lady of Blues Mammie Smith, the Mother of Blues Ma Rainey, the Empress of Blues Bessie Smith. 

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    A Decade Later: the Flint Water Crisis Continues

    In a twisted irony, April Earth Day celebrations coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Flint Water Crisis. A decade later, we caught up with former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver.

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    4 minute read

  • Caring for the Ancestors’ Land

    Bevelyn Afor Ukah believes gardening, art and activism are spiritual practices that people can use to heal themselves and create a better world.

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    4 minute read