By Brenda Alford AFRO Guest editor It was 1961 (be patient, dear reader- I’ll get you to the 70s). I was 11 years old, feeling betwixt, bothered and bewildered, like most “tweens” on the verge of the teenage years. Music was my lifeline in so many ways—especially the “discovery” of new sounds, new ways of […]
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