Brown Baby

 
 
 
 
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Brown Baby

Enjoy the musical performance by North Meets South singer Dr. John Wesley Wright and guitaris Danielle Cumming. The song honors black culture and is intended as a modern day message of how Black Lives Matter. Written by Oscar Brown Jr.

Performance by North Meets South

John Wesley Wright, tenor

Danielle Cumming, guitar

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Brown Baby | Oscar Brown Jr. (1926-2005)

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100 Years Ago Black Lives Mattered in Maryland.

 
 

Founding Black Families on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay.

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Paintings and Photos rediscovered 20 years ago tell the story.

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People who knew and loved their families.

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Home

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In daily life they celebrated time with family.

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In times of segregation, they believed in a better world.

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Thank you!

Founding Black Families of Maryland

North Meets South

John Wesley Wright, D.M.A., tenor

Danielle Cumming, D.M.A., guitar

Barbara Paca, Ph.D., O.B.E.