A Young Black Woman’s Journey To Pave Her Own Path In The Music Video Production World While Building A Community Around Her To Grow The Culture.
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"Act like your dream client is always watching, even though you're not there yet, or at least have that in your mind at times." - Jeremy Bell
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I recently had the opportunity to interview KJ Ross, a Chicago native from the Southside of the city who currently attends Clark Atlanta University, KJ is a Junior mass media arts major. When asked what was the inspiration behind him choosing CAU, "I attended a Prep School on the Southside of Chicago and they took us on a college visit and I really enjoyed it." He also let me know that he has several family members in close proximity to the institution and that made the decision to move south and pursue an education all the more easier.
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Dizzy Gillespie, born John Birks Gillespie, was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer known for his virtuosity and innovative style. He was one of the leading figures of the bebop movement, a style of jazz characterized by fast tempos, complex harmonies, and improvisation based on the structure of the music rather than its melody. Gillespie was known for his bent trumpet and his signature puffed cheeks while playing. He also popularized the use of "scat singing," in which a vocalist improvises nonsense syllables in place of lyrics. Gillespie had a long and successful career, collaborating with many other famous musicians and performing around the world.
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Emotional literacy is the ability to understand and express one's own emotions, as well as recognize and respond to the emotions of others. It involves being aware of one's own emotions and how they affect one's thoughts and behaviors, as well as being able to identify and label the emotions of others. Emotional literacy also includes the ability to manage and regulate one's own emotions, as well as communicate effectively about emotions with others.
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In November of 1971, fifteen months after his remarkable conversation with Margaret Meadabout race and identity, James Baldwin sat down with another extraordinary woman, the poet Nikki Giovanni, for another conversation of astonishing timeliness today. The event was hosted by the PBS television series SOUL! and took place in London. Baldwin was forty-six and Giovanni only twenty-eight. For hours of absolute presence, intellectual communion, and occasional respectful rebuttal, they explored justice, freedom, morality, and what it means to be an empowered human being. The transcript was eventually published as A Dialogue
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Walter Wallace Jr, who was shot 10x in West Philadelphia on October 26, is the latest Black Man to be killed by police. The incident has thrown more fuel ton a fire that has burned all summer nationwide which started with the death of George Floyd. Wednesday night a crowd of a little over 100 demonstrators took the streets of Brooklyn in a pure rage smashing windows, throwing trash, and lighting whatever they could find on fire.
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