JD
Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
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Harriet Walter
English actress
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
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A Donny Hathaway song called Be Real Black For Me.
Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
Disappear by Beyoncé.
Rylan Clark-Neal
English media personality
Pure Shores by All Saints.
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