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I SEE U, Episode 86: The Glynn-aissance Man
Posted on · Renowned actor and three-time NAACP Image Award winner, Glynn Turman provides a compelling audio memoir of the challenges and triumphs of creating legacy in the art of acting.
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Houston Symphony captures love, pain, and triumph in tribute to Aretha Franklin
Posted on · Capathia Jenkins, Broadway singer and actress, talks about her upcoming powerful performance of Aretha Franklin's songs with the Houston Symphony April 22 - 24. Plus, award-winning writer and biographer David Ritz shares memories of compassion and other things he learned while working with the Queen of Soul.
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‘Respect’ Wasn’t A Feminist Anthem Until Aretha Franklin Made It One
Posted on · Today, Franklin's recording of "Respect" is definitive. But when she recorded it on Valentine's Day 1967, it was a radical gender-bending of Otis Redding's original.
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Aretha Franklin, The ‘Queen of Soul,’ Dies at 76
Posted on · One of the most powerful and beloved voices of all time died Thursday in Detroit