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• Review: She Came to Me

  06-10-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  She Came to Me chugs for 102 minutes, but Rebecca Miller’s rom-com strains to pick up steam.
  The post Review: <i>She Came to Me</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
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• Erica Campbell’s Album, ‘I Love You,’ is a Light of Hope in Troubled Times

  06-10-2023 16:00
  
  By Nicole Jeanine Joseph
  Award-winning singer and songwriter Erica Campbell has released her third studio album, “I Love You.” This album is an open invitation to a world that could use a little bit more love.
  Campbell used the pandemic to create something beautiful. 
  “I chose to focus on something else,” said Campbell. “Positive was the first song written during the pandemic when ‘positive’ was a scary word.” 
  Since its release, “P
  
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• Rev. Dr. Lena McLin, Renowned Music Educator and Pastor, Passes Away at 95

  06-10-2023 15:00
  
  Rev. Dr. Lena McLin, a legendary music teacher, composer, author and pastor, died earlier this week, her family announced. She was 95. 
  “Last night, my beloved grandmother (and a mother to so many) Lena Mclin made her peaceful and quiet transition,” wrote William Kurk in a Facebook post. 
  Famously referred to as the woman who launched a thousand careers, she made her mark as a music educator, pastor, vocal coach, and, in many respects, as a mom and life coach to m
  
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• Black Woman Says She Was Bitten, Hair Ripped Out In Racist Attack On Tube

  06-10-2023 14:45
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  A Black woman says she was racially abused while riding on the Tube in London, Metro reports.
  The alleged incident unfolded while Selma Taha and her friends were traveling from Camden Town to King’s Cross.
  Taha said they asked a woman to move her suitcase after she almost hit them with it. The woman allegedly responded that she “doesn’t like Black women” and ‘it’s not my fault you’re lesser than me.”
  An altercation ensued during
  
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• Police Release Video Of Possible Morgan State University Shooting Suspects

  06-10-2023 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  The Baltimore Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying potential suspects involved in the mass shooting at Morgan State University that left five people injured.
  On Thursday (October 5), police released surveillance video of persons of interest sought in Tuesday’s (October 3) school shooting, per ABC News.
  The release of the footage comes after gunfire erupted outside of a homecoming event on campus. Four students and one other individual rang
  
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