Current Affairs, Dance, Film, Race, Television, Theater, Vespers

Firsts: Don Cornelius 1936-2012, Camilla Williams 1919-2012, Ben Gazzara 1930-2012

You turned on the TV on Saturday afternoon and there he was, the envy of every black boy on the block.  It was his high style and aspirational exhortations that drew us each week, mirrored more youthfully by the Soul Train dancers, whose moves we copied for use on our own dance floors: street corners,…

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