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Walter’s World: The African American Spiritual

By Walter Rutledge

 

On Sunday February 5, a concert entitled The African American Spiritual was presented at Merkin Concert Hall. The ninety-minute concert featured three talented performers, Sherry Boone, Harriett D. Fay and Brandie Sutton, with musical accompaniment by pianist Darius Frowner. Continue reading

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It’s My Park: Harriet Tubman Memorial with Alison Saar (video)


Meet Alison Saar, the artist who created “Swing Low: A Memorial to Harriet Tubman” at West 122nd Street, St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.

Saar’s Harriet Tubman Memorial video

Harriet Tubman

Derek Koen’s video of Allyson Saar’s discusssing her new Harriet Tubman marble and stone Memorial: http://current.com/items/88819305_spirit_of_harriet_tubman Continue reading