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]]> https://routes-mag.com/february-27-wilma-rudolph/feed/ 0 https://routes-mag.com/sidney-poitier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sidney-poitier https://routes-mag.com/sidney-poitier/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://routes-mag.com/?p=46469 The First Black Leading Man in Hollywood A Daily Journey Through Black History Month Story The historic Academy Award win in 1963 for Lilies of

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]]> https://routes-mag.com/sidney-poitier/feed/ 0 https://routes-mag.com/roberta-flack-interviewed-written-by-chris-albertson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roberta-flack-interviewed-written-by-chris-albertson https://routes-mag.com/roberta-flack-interviewed-written-by-chris-albertson/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:49:47 +0000 https://routes-mag.com/?p=47260 The following, previously unpublished interviews with Roberta Flack were conducted four years apart, in 1974 and 1978. ROUTES readers may recall that Ms. Flack, at

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]]> https://routes-mag.com/roberta-flack-interviewed-written-by-chris-albertson/feed/ 0 https://routes-mag.com/routes-magazine-bids-farewell-to-an-icon-roberta-flack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=routes-magazine-bids-farewell-to-an-icon-roberta-flack https://routes-mag.com/routes-magazine-bids-farewell-to-an-icon-roberta-flack/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:45:20 +0000 https://routes-mag.com/?p=47245 Originally published in October 1978, ROUTES Magazine‘s in‐depth feature on Chris Albertson Interview: Roberta Flack (READ IT HERE.) captured the emergence of a rare musical

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