The 10 ‘Be’s: A Self-Help Mix for the End of Black History Month

Songs of inspiration and self-determination.

Photo by Lucas Gouvêa on Unsplash

At the beginning of February, my editor at Variety asked me to do a weekly series for Black History Month on “songs of Black identity” that mean a lot to me. It was a challenging and enlightening assignment that allowed me to incorporate my two favorite subjects — music and history…