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Jazz at Lincoln Center is offering the world premiere of a new jazz oratorio "Rustin in Renaissance," a tribute to the Civil ...

On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

There's been a civil right awakening in California as the state passed a series of bills that could signal what could be the beginning of a new landscape for civil rights in America.

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Bean and Smith were acquitted of civil rights charges, while Haley was convicted of the lesser charge of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing bodily injury. “The guilty verdicts reached ...

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One artist they thought might be difficult to reach was Sade, but then Reid remembered that saxophonist Stuart Matthewman, ...

As we enter the final few months of the year, Noah Kahan’s Stick Season holds on to its title as the biggest song of 2024 so far, Official Charts can reveal. However, with several new entries ...

and Green Day in the U.S. This move is a result of an ongoing legal dispute with the performing rights organization, SESAC. What Happened: Over the weekend, users’ attempts to play songs by ...