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Black Voices, Songs

Transgender Day of Remembrance

“Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people…

Mary Ellen Grace
November 20, 2020

Black Voices, Lessons

The Cabaret Card: Discrimination Against Black Musicians

It all started with regulations on the nightclubs in New York City back in the 1920s. In 1926, the city council passed a law that imposed a 3am curfew and outlawed dancing in clubs without a special cabaret license. You…

Mary Ellen Grace
July 4, 2020