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**FILE** MC Lyte, the mogul, voice-over artist, and hip-hop legend, is dropping her latest single, "Woman," a powerful ode to womanhood. (WI photo)
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MC Lyte Returns With Highly Anticipated Album ‘1 of 1’

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MC Lyte has returned to the music scene after a decadelong hiatus with her album “1 of 1”, featuring collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Queen Latifah, Common, Mary Mary, Big Daddy Kane, Salt, Raheem DeVaughn and more.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion for equity in education. Ralph Abernathy and his wife Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. The children are (from left) Donzaleigh Abernathy (in striped sweater), Ralph David Abernathy III and Juandalynn R. Abernathy (in glasses). The name of the White minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy family photos/Wikipedia Commons)
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