Mavis Staples

She is 76 years old. She won her first Grammy at 71. She was born and raised in Chicago. Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson, Lou Rawls, and Curtis Mayfield were her neighbors. She always travels with her sister Yvonne. “Pops” Staples first name is Roebuck. She wrote “freedom songs” . She performed at Newport Folk Festival […]

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Angela Davis #WeAreEverywhere

She was born 1/26/44 in Birmingham, Alabama. As a girl scout she protested against segregation. She went to a Quaker school in New York during her junior and senior years in high school. She was one of three black students at Brandeis during her freshman year. She was prosecuted for conspiracy in 1970, spent 18 […]

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