There are very few living ties to the older era of black entertainment-a time when our people struggled for respect and equal pay instead of getting locked up every three days and degrading ourselves with lyrical filth. We just lost one of those ties with the passing of Miss Lena Horne at the age of 92. She was an actress, a singer and an activist, boldly jeopardizing the advancement of her career in order to bring attention to the political […]
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