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Reviving James Baldwin and Margaret Mead’s ‘Rap on Race’ in text, dance and music

In 1970, author James Baldwin and anthropologist Margaret Mead recorded a marathon conversation in which they passionately discussed race in America. The conversation, informed by scholarship and personal experience, was later published in book form as “A Rap on Race.” Now choreographer Donald Byrd and playwright Anna Deavere Smith co-create a revival of “A Rap on Race” joining narration from the iconic text with dance and music.

 

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