https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226124818/tiny-desk-concert-blk-odyssy

The BLK ODYSSY aesthetic ignites all of the human senses and it’s impossible to nail down exactly what type of music he makes after one, two or even three listens. When he arrived at NPR headquarters, Juwan Elcock, aka BLK ODYSSY, pulled out a lifelike severed human head made of silicone and placed it on the Desk. It’s the same head seen in the hands of a woman on the cover of his latest album, DIAMONDS & FREAKS, a project that depicts love and lust as addictive vices.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley

Phillis Wheatley Peters was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/22/1226047324/uche-blackstock-legacy-racism-medicine

Following in her mom’s footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive

https://www.theblacklegacyproject.org/about

The Black Legacy Project is a musical celebration of Black history to advance racial solidarity, equity, and belonging.

https://social-innovation.hitachi/en/article/colors-oussouby-sacko/

Japan’s first university head from Africa on Multiculturalism and Creating an Inclusive Workplace

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2024/01/14/1224059925/martin-luther-king-day-legacy

For decades, everyone and their mother has tried to get a piece of that sweet, sweet MLK Pie, from car companies to banks to pop stars to politicians (no matter their actual politics).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marla_Gibbs#Biography

Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Bradley; June 14, 1931)^[1] is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer and television producer whose career spans seven decades.

https://www.kcur.org/people/holly-edgell

Holly Edgell is the managing editor of the Midwest Newsroom, a public radio collaboration among NPR member stations in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

https://www.tawandamusic.com/bio

Jazz is one form of music that transcends most other genres and has done so throughout the ages. Its complexity, off beat rhythms, sophistication and constant desire to improvise and evolve itself courses through its precious origins. Those traditions run deep within the soul of award-winning vocalist Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim and there is no greater gift than seeing her sing her story in full flight.