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Shannon Stecker is a creative writer, a marketing director, and a lover of stories. She has spent the past 15 years of her career in a creative space – as a print and broadcast journalist, a freelance writer, a podcast content manager, and now, a marketing executive. A storyteller at heart, Shannon’s passion is to change the narrative of the Black community by creating and sharing stories around love, family, business, and history.

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This week in history: R&B singer Lee Dorsey died

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Irving Lee Dorsey, a popular R&B singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1960s, died on Dec. 2, 1986. Dorsey collaborated with artists such as James Brown, the Beatles and Fats Domino. Born in New Orleans, Dorsey served in the Navy during World War II and was an undefeated lightweight boxer who went by the […]

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This week in history: Six died in the Rault Center fire

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This week in history: Baseball player Johnny Wright was born

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This week in history: Oscar James Dunn, Louisiana’s first Black lieutenant governor, dies

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This week in history: Paul ‘Polo’ Barnes, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, is born

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This week in history: Achille Joseph Baquet dies

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This week in history: Henriette Delille died

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This week in history: Ruby Bridges desegregates William Frantz Elementary School

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This week in history: Musician Ellis Marsalis Jr. was born

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This week in history: Preservation Hall Jazz Band received the National Medal of Arts

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