May 3, 2007 — Vol. 42, No. 38
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Tissue paper ‘Artivist’ Maya Freelon delivers her message

Jin-ah Kim

Maya Freelon is unafraid.

As a graduate student at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts School, the 24-year-old Freelon views her role as an artist in the much broader context of social activism. Full story

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Korean rappers build a bridge with blacks

Peter Prengaman

LOS ANGELES — Crammed into a room on the third floor of a church, rapper DumbFounDead spits freestyle rhymes with six other emcees while about a dozen 20-somethings bob their heads to the music.
It’s not just the music that makes the scene notable; it’s the rappers. DumbFounDead, whose real name is Jonathan Park, is Korean American. The others include three blacks, two Hispanics and another Korean American.
Full story

‘Juwanna’ star Núñez heads
back to ‘Skool’

Kam Williams

Miguel A. Núñez Jr. was born in New York City on Aug. 11, 1964. The Dominican American actor got his start in the mid-1980s with parts in horror flick sequels such as “Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning” and “The Return of the Living Dead.” Full story

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