https://www.richmondfolkfestival.org/2022-folklife-demo/2022/9/6/dr-dena-jennings

Gourd Instrument Making
Nasons, VA

Dena Jennings is a physician and artist in Central Virginia.

Oscar nominee for best film, ‘American Fiction,’ makes western Massachusetts writer feel seen

Local writer, Nicole M. Young-Martin: “I want to write what I want to write without having to always strut my struggle for a paycheck.”

Meet Jordan Ward, The Dancer-Turned-Musician Bringing a New Wave to Hip-Hop

Billboard spoke with Jordan Ward about his new debut album FORWARD, St. Louis and adjusting to the pace of the music industry.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233771318/actor-cush-jumbo-on-criminal-record-her-series-about-londons-detective-force

Actor Cush Jumbo on ‘Criminal Record’, her series about London’s detective force

https://www.melodyangelmusic.com/band

Melody Angel (her real name) is the complete package: gifted guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, vocalist, arranger, and producer. Along the way Angel found time to launch a successful theater and film acting career and received international acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The Chicago Reader newspaper called her “The Future of the Blues.” The Southside Chicago artist is indeed navigating a forward-looking musical path while integrating the legacy of classic blues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaedyn_Shaw

Jaedyn Reese Shaw (born November 20, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for San Diego Wave FC in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Val_Jean

Michele Val Jean (b. 1950s) is an American television writer on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/jelani-cobb

Jelani Cobb joined the Journalism School faculty in 2016 and became Dean in 2022. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015. He received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS Frontline film Whose Vote Counts? and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 2018. He has also been a political analyst for MSNBC since 2019.

https://kevinashley.substack.com/p/gus-and-emma-thompson-1886-1958

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-chinese-family-coronado-california-rcna140717

Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they’re donating $5M to Black community. 

The Dongs are selling the home their family rented and eventually bought from Gus Thompson, a former slave, and his wife, Emma. The Dongs will donate the proceeds to Black students.