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Sheena Lester

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As seen in: Audible Blog, TheGrio, Philadelphia Weekly
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Advocates raise alarm as cities crack down on homeless encampments

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By Sheena Lester
| TheGrio Verified
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn’t the first time and wouldn’t be the last. Contractors from the city of Portland had arrived to break down the stretch of tents and tarps on a side street behind a busy intersection.
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The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Photograph

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By Sheena Lester, Ben Osborne, Jonathan Rheingold
| tinyurl.com
Based on the Respect magazine essay "The Game Changer" by Sheena Lester Narrated by Sheena Lester. In 1998, XXL Editor-in-Chief Sheena Lester and the magazine's staff set out to create a hip-hop remake of Art Kane’s legendary 1958 Esquire magazine photoshoot known as “A Great Day in Harlem". Kane's image featured 57 of the greatest jazz musicians of the time gathered around the stoop at 17 West 126th Street in Harlem.
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The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Photograph

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By Sheena Lester, Ben Osborne, Jonathan Rheingold
| Audible Blog
Based on the Respect magazine essay "The Game Changer" by Sheena Lester Narrated by Sheena Lester. In 1998, XXL Editor-in-Chief Sheena Lester and the magazine's staff set out to create a hip-hop remake of Art Kane’s legendary 1958 Esquire magazine photoshoot known as “A Great Day in Harlem". Kane's image featured 57 of the greatest jazz musicians of the time gathered around the stoop at 17 West 126th Street in Harlem.
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