Giving voice to all communities
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In its 138 years, America's leading opera house, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, had never staged an opera by a Black composer – until now. The Met opened its new season with a production of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" by jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu talked with six-time Grammy-winner Blanchard about his opera, inspired by a memoir by Charles Blow, about "a boy of peculiar grace" growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1970s and '80s.
It's been 30 years since basketball legend Magic Johnson stunned the world when he announced he had HIV.
A culture war has erupted over critical race theory and how schools should grapple with the history of race and racism in America.
Wilson, a founding member of the famed R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died, his wife confirmed Tuesday.
Jon Batiste, music director for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the deluxe edition of his album "We Are," why he says jazz is his superpower and his performance with Madonna in New York City.
The 80-year-old was released after spending one night at Howard University Hospital for observation.
Kaepernick described how pro hopefuls are treated at the combine, where prospects undergo physical and mental tests in front of team coaches and executives.
First on "CBS Mornings," New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson joins us to discuss his new book, "Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness In America." He'll explain what performing blackness means, the history of its foundation and the ways in which it's performed through music, art and politics.
James Beard Award-winning chef Bryant Terry joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his unique new cookbook "Black Food: Stories, Art & Recipes from Across the African Diaspora." He shares how his work as chef-in-residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora inspired this anthology, and how food is a way to bridge this gap between history and the future.
The family will receive an undisclosed amount of money.
