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2021 Elections: Who’s running to become Manhattan’s next district attorney

AM New York 08 Apr 2021

The role of district attorneys as advocates of criminal justice reform has set the tone for races across the country and the Manhattan DA race is no different with Cy Vance on his way out ... U.S ... Dickens and Al Taylor, Charles Rangel, C. Virginia Fields, Hazel Dukes, Dan Goldman, CWA 1180, The Arena, and 14 Democratic reform clubs across the borough.

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Gene Dicken

The Athens Messenger 06 Apr 2021

"Gene" Dicken, 88, of Athens, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus ... 21, 1933, in Pomeroy, he is the son of late George Dicken and Nannie Robinson Dicken ... Gene is preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Madge Deal Dicken, a sister; Bonnie Hendrick; an infant sister; and a brother, Clyde Dicken ... Gene Dicken.

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Embattled Cuomo gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Harlem while fighting off allegations

AM New York 17 Mar 2021

And the numbers have changed and confidence has grown so that people are now prepared.” The governor is protected A slew of supporters, including Assemblywoman Inez Dickens, former Congressman Charles Rangel and Dr. Hazel Dukes, the president of the NAACP, praised Cuomo for his leadership throughout the pandemic on Wednesday.

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Music Reviews: Kelsey Waldon, The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound and The Dirty Knobs

Worcester Telegram 06 Dec 2020

"They'll Never Keep Us Down," Kelsey Waldon ... It's her own voice and artistry, however, that often struggles to shine though ... She fails to slice through ... Waldon finally shines on "They'll Never Keep Us Down," a pro-union song written by Hazel Dickens in the mid-1970s for the Oscar-winning documentary "Harlan County, USA."

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Review: Kelsey Waldon covers weighty topics on new album

Observer-Reporter 21 Nov 2020

She fails to slice through ... Waldon finally shines on “They’ll Never Keep Us Down,” a pro-union song written by Hazel Dickens in the mid-1970s for the Oscar-winning documentary “Harlan County, USA.” This clearly rings special to Waldon and her feelings for her home state, and this bluegrass composition and pace suits her best ... ....

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Hazel Fenner

Rocky Mount Telegram 03 Nov 2020

WHITAKER - Hazel Dickens Fenner, 64, died on ...

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Nov. 3 Deaths

Rocky Mount Telegram 03 Nov 2020

ROCKY MOUNT — Joseph “Joe” Womack, 76, died on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020 ... WHITAKER — Hazel Dickens Fenner, 64, died on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 ... ....

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RS Country Music Picks for the Week of November 2nd

Rollingstone 02 Nov 2020

Here’s the tracks to get you through the week. The Avett Brothers, “This Land Is Your Land” ... With Vickie Vaughn on standup bass and Rachel Baiman on fiddle, Waldon uses that voice to lobby for the workingman and woman with a fiery cover of Hazel Dickens’ pro-union labor rave-up that doubles as the title track of her new EP.

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Kelsey Waldon Previews New EP With Covers of Nina Simone, Hazel Dickens

Rollingstone 29 Oct 2020

Out November 20th, the project includes versions of Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam,” featuring Adia Victoria and Kyshona Armstrong, and the title track, originally by bluegrass great Hazel Dickens ... They’ll Never Keep Us Down track list ... ....

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Burrell named CAPA director, Gabrial, Sanders named interim department heads

Natchitoches Times 23 Sep 2020

Scott Burrell has been named director of The Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice E ... Gabrial was the Mitchell V ... Gabrial was the recipient of the Hazel Dicken-Garcia Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Journalism History, presented at the Symposium on the 19th-century press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga ... .

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Book review: Author digs deep into coal-mining inequities

The Columbus Dispatch 30 Aug 2020

Black lung disease, also known as "coal miners' curse," has inspired countless ballads and ...

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Review: 'Soul Full of Coal Dust,' by Chris Hamby

Finger Lakes Times 19 Aug 2020

"Soul Full of Coal Dust" by Chris Hamby; Little, Brown (448 pages, $30). ___. For generations, miners have known about the deadly effects of breathing tiny particles of coal dust created by drilling and blasting the earth ... In the 1960s, bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens composed this dirge about her brother, who died of the disease. ... .

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Singer-musician is also a nurse in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem Journal 13 Aug 2020

When Dianna Fallon isn’t working as a full-time nurse at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, she is following her other passion — music. Before the novel coronavirus pandemic, Fallon performed locally with the band Old Tyme R & D ... Q ... Answer ... evoke emotion ... But one of my (non-related) all-time favorite musicians is the late, great Hazel Dickens.

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Review: S.G. Goodman blends rock, gospel in tasty debut

Observer-Reporter 15 Jul 2020

To draw a bead on the unique artistry of S.G ... It’s patently unfair to compare Goodman’s singing to Cline’s, of course, but the point is the juxtaposition ... An even better comparison for the vocals might be Hazel Dickens, the fearless, mountain-grown warbler who helped deliver coal mining union songs to the mainstream ... All rights reserved ... ....

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As Protests Grow, Luci Murphy & The People's Music Network Ensure There Are Songs to Go With Them

Billboard 26 Jun 2020

Instead, the 69-year-old singer -- she refers to herself as “an interpreter” -- who has demonstrated in Cuba, Iraq and her hometown of Washington, D.C., and who worked alongside protest singers Pete Seeger and Hazel Dickens, has had to limit her participation in demonstrations and protests to just two or three days a week ... She stopped in 2016 ... .