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Reader, writer, record collector. Soul-Folk, part of @333books Genre series out now. Working on a book on Black-owned record labels, release date TBA
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Rainbow Valley in Northern Territory

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By Ashawnta Jackson 
| Atlas Obscura
When the sun rises over Rainbow Valley, a national conservation area located about 75 kilometers (43 miles) south of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory, it can feel like magic. Light from an early morning sun cascades over majestic rock formations, changing their colors into a kaleidoscope of red, orange, and purple. After a rainstorm, the colors stack against the sky and the dry claypans fill with water.
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The Fight for Native American Voting Rights

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By Ashawnta Jackson , Matthew McCoy, Sally Harrison, Orlan J. Svingen
| JSTOR Daily
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. In June 1986, Judge Edward Rafeedie handed down a ruling. Indigenous voting rights were being suppressed in Montana’s Big Horn County, where “official acts of discrimination…have interfered with the rights of Indian citizens…to register and vote.” This was a victory for voting equality, but it wasn’t met with open arms.
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How Jazz Albums Visualized a Changing America

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By Ashawnta Jackson , Carissa Kowalski Dougherty
| JSTOR Daily
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The many shifts in the way jazz has been played, presented, and marketed also represent changes in how it responded to its times.
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