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Minnesota group to be part of 400th anniversary of slavery commemoration

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The Twin Cities-based group The Sounds of Blackness will be in Hampton, Va. this weekend to participate in a commemoration of 400th anniversary of the first enslaved people arriving from Africa in what would become the United States.

There are a series of events planned at Fort Monroe which is near where the first ship arrived. The Sounds of Blackness and Common will be featured in a concert that will take place tomorrow night.

MPR's Tim Nelson caught up with the group as it rehearsed this week and talked to music director Gary Hines.