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'You Don't Have to Know Somebody to Grieve Them': How Black People Can Process Collective Trauma and Grief
“There is a lot of grieving in the air.” — Alice Mills Mai, LMHC text NYC-based licensed mental health counselor Alice Mills Mai believes the collective grief gripping black people in America right now is almost palpable. From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the deaths of cultural icons like Little Richard and Betty Wright,…
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'My Boy Lollipop' Singer Millie Small Dead at 72
Millie Small, the Jamaican singer best known for recording the chart-topping smash “My Boy Lollipop” as a teenager in 1964, died yesterday after suffering a stroke. She was 72. Billboard and BBC News report that her death was confirmed by Island Records. The label remembers her as “a sweet person… really special” and “a true…