Race and Ethnicity – Page 22

This Is Our Music

The folk musicians Dom Flemons, Kara Jackson, Amythyst Kiah and Tray Wellington discuss the complications of being a Black performer working in a genre now commonly associated with whiteness.

By Justin French

Helen Williams, a Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87

She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the Black middle class.

By Penelope Green

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Seeking the ‘Right’ Customers, an Insurer Is Accused of Discrimination

Erie Insurance defends its practice of telling agents to use subjective factors when judging a potential customer. Maryland regulators say the company sought to exclude Black and Hispanic people.

By Emily Flitter

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A Landmark of Black Cinema, Restored for a New Age

The British director Horace Ové struggled to get his 1975 film, “Pressure,” made and released. Now, weeks after his death, a new restoration is celebrated in New York and London.

By Simran Hans

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