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Live Wire honors Black History Month with groundbreaking Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad; poetry editor of The New Yorker Kevin Young on his love of Jack Johnson, Prince and pork; writer Clyde W. Ford, whose book “Think Black” outlines his father's experience as the first Black software engineer in America; and a powerhouse performance from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah.see more
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