The Black Legacy Project is using music to spark collaboration and bring communities together in harmony

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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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