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City of Rayne hosts African American Day of Remembrance
The event consisted of a praise dance, a poem reading and a singer ... “I just want them to be able to understand that African American month is a day of remembrance but it’s not to be ...
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Soul Train dancers on the Mall
Freddie Maxie, left, and Edith Lynn Pickens, right (Geoff Edgers/The Washington Post) Freddie Maxie, 60, and Edith Lynn Pickens, 63, were former Soul Train dancers who flew in from Los Angeles ...
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Musical Movements: Impact, Influence and Issues
African American fiddlers were popular fixtures in dance halls, where they spun out ... Southern blacks joined in songs of praise. Private worship often included "shouts," ecstatic spiritual ...