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Patti LaBelle and Henry Beecher Hicks, III
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David Porter and Tamela Mann
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Henry Beecher Hicks, III and Carol Yochem
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Dr. Bobby Jones and guest
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Tamela and David Mann
The National Museum of African American Music held its Legends Lunch honoring Patti LaBelle at City Winery. The Legends Luncheon celebrates music, specifically the impact that African Americans have made on American musical culture. This concept was generated as a component of NMAAM's 'My Music Matters™” campaign – an initiative featuring middle Tennessee executives, musicians, artists and community leaders describing the impact of music in each of their lives, with the goal of building awareness, momentum, and interest for a project that has local, national and international impact. The diversity in music in American culture is evident on artistic, business and economic levels throughout American society.
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