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There’s a Disturbing Truth to John Legend’s Oscar Statement about Prisons and Slavery

Max Ehrenfreund, THE WASHINGTON POST   (The Washington Post)—The artists John Legend and Common received an Academy Award Sunday night for “Glory,” their song in the film “Selma.” In his acceptance speech, Legend called for reform of the U.S. criminal justice system. “There are more black men under correctional control today than there were under slavery in 1850,” he noted. It’s […]

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