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Day 27: What Are Kids Saying About Kwanzaa?

As some Black families celebrate Kwanzaa this week, we asked children to share their impressions of this nonreligious holiday honoring African American culture.

By Leslie Casimir

Black People Monuments and Memorials (Structures) Museums Restaurants Richmond (Va) Travel and Vacations

For Richmond, a Compelling New Chapter

Visitors to Virginia’s capital will find a Monument Avenue devoid of Confederate statues, a lively dining scene featuring more Black-owned restaurants, and exhibitions that take on the city’s complicated past.

By Julie Besonen

Bell, Thom (1943-2022) Black People Deaths (Obituaries) Delfonics (Music Group) Gamble, Kenny (Musician) Huff, Leon Musical Instruments Philadelphia (Pa) Pop and Rock Music Rhythm and Blues (Music) Spinners, The Stylistics (Music Group)

Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79

As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others.

By Bill Friskics-Warren

Black People Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Discrimination Jones, Evelyn (1928-2022) Juilliard School Race and Ethnicity San Francisco (Calif) San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Tenure

Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94

She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal battle when she was denied tenure two years later.

By David Allen