Why make a list of the greatest albums by women? To start a new conversation, where musicians who have too long been marginalized are now at the center.
Participants stretch during a "yoga on the yard" class, one of Howard University's sesquicentennial celebration events that was open to anyone in Washington, D.C., who wanted to attend. The university is trying to foster better relations with the surrounding community.
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