The "BE HEARD" campaign, launched by Black Public Media, encourages consumers to re-think their clothing purchases and consider the environmental impact of fast fashion, which is the mass production of clothing as quickly as possible to keep up with ever-changing trends.

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The Kennedy Center celebrated Max Roach's centennial with a performance of "We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite," featuring vocalist Cassandra Wilson, poets Sonia Sanchez and Saul Williams, and a band led by music director and drummer Nasheet Waits, in a powerful tribute to Roach's legacy of civil rights activism.

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The documentary "Luther Vandross: Never Too Much" will have a sneak preview in D.C.-area AMC theaters in October and November, before its cable television premiere in January on CNN, OWN and MAX.

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The Muneer Nasser Quintet recently performed an evening of exceptional new jazz at Blues Alley, featuring compositions from their latest album, "Blue House Session", and covers of jazz classics such as "Caravan" and "All Blues".

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Dominique Toney, daughter of pianist and composer Kevin Toney, will be performing with The Blackbyrds in a concert scheduled for Oct. 11 in London, and will also be performing at the 20th Anniversary DC Jazz Fest honoring National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Donald Byrd and the elder Toney.

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Hen Quarter Prime has launched a month-long observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with a portion of sales benefiting the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund, in honor of Thompson Restaurants' CEO's grandmother who died from breast cancer.

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Matthew Whitaker performed at Blues Alley in Georgetown, D.C. and paid tribute to organists who have influenced his style on the Hammond Organ, while also playing his own compositions and arrangements of other jazz greats.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shared her life story in her autobiography "Lovely One: A Memoir" at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, where she discussed her path to the Supreme Court and the people who influenced her.

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Staff Sgt. Waverly B. Woodson, Jr., who died in 2005, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for saving more than 200 casualties during the Allied Invasion of Normandy during World War II.

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Comedian George Wallace was honored with the "Comedy Trailblazer Award" at the Because They Are Funny Comedy Festival, which was produced by NICE Crowd and Events DC and featured free workshops and a nationwide competition.

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