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Hey there folks you already know the deal it is us and it's you. Welcome back to the show

again. I am Mertel May Erko and I am Electro Abundance. This is the read thanks for coming

back. It is indeed and thank you. Without reason too much time we're going to get into the

regular regular program that we usually have black excellence starts us off and this

week I just wanted to go ahead and give a shout out to everyone's faith Felicia Rashad.

Just hear about this. She's going to be Howard University's new dean of the College of

Fine Arts. What? Yes indeed Miss Rashad who graduated from Howard in 1970 back in a cum

loud I'll have you know in Fine Arts you know went on to be the badass acting a diva that

she is and has decided that she's going to return to her her home of Howard and elevate

the children. So she signed like a three year contract she's still going to be working

as the acting diva that we know. Of course. Also putting in the work to with the Fine

Arts students in shape. Chadwick Boseman Tony Morrison Donney Hathaway is a lot of talent

that comes out of this college at Howard. Right definitely. I'm just I'm trying to figure

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