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Singer notes Black history content in songs of the 1960s and ’70s

Rich Pearson learns more and more about the music he performs, especially this time of year. When he recently sang Paul McCartney’s lyrics, “Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see; all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free,” he realized the song wasn’t about birds at all. “(McCartney) was thinking about the civil rights movement at that time he wrote it; he wrote it at the 68,” Pearson said.

Ryerson art exhibit showcases Unordinary people

A picture may say a thousand words, but it doesn’t always tell the full story. That is the idea behind multimedia artist, Clive Holden’s Unamerican Unfamous project at Ryerson University’s Image Centre.
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Learning from Egypt: Be the change

"Be the change you wish to see in the world,” Gandhi once said.

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