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The Black Legacy Project is using music to spark collaboration and bring communities together in harmony
Victor Blackwell shows us two champions tapping into music's power to evoke empathy, spark collaboration and promote dialogue. Trey Carlisle and Todd Mack started The Black Legacy Project to form racially diverse groups of musicians who build understanding of historically Black songs and contemporary works, and inspire their audiences to do the same.
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The Black Legacy Project is using music to spark collaboration and bring communities together in harmony
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The 'Amazing Grace' of music to alleviate memory loss
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On wheels or on waves, life rolls on for the 'Godfather of adaptive surfing'
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Former football player tackles mental health crisis
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Hip hop maven Sophia Chang champions mentorship for women of color
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Karate instructor reveals the secret to overcoming life's challenges
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Wolf Blitzer goes on journey after learning his grandparents were murdered at death camp
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