Word: shawl
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shawl," by David Mamet At the Loeb Experimental Theatre through July 16, accompanying "The Dumb Waiter...
...strength of such traditions limits the degree to which American blacks can identify with Africa. Yet from time to time some black Americans have immersed themselves in the trappings of African culture. Recently, a black lawyer in Washington refused a judge's order to remove a Kente cloth shawl while appearing in court because it might influence black members of the jury. Some of us, including one black member of Congress, have cast aside our "slave names" and adopted African ones. Many of us celebrate pseudo- African holidays like Kwanzaa, in addition to Christmas. Across the land, there...