Inside Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum, a photograph of Rick James shows the singer at a concert decades ago, holding out his microphone and inviting his audience to sing with him. In the present day, the image takes on a new meaning. Located outside of the college’s Black Art Matters Festival, James’s gesture suggests he’s […]
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Carolyn Brown is a features reporter/photographer at the Gazette. She is an alumna of Smith College and a native of Louisville, Kentucky, where she was a photographer, editor, and reporter for an alt-weekly. She can be reached at cbrown@gazettenet.com or 413-585-5262. Follow her on Instagram at @cebrownphoto.
