Alan Lewis<p>NEW EDITION HONORED<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>ICONIC R&B GROUP NEW EDITION TO BE INDUCTED INTO NAACP IMAGE AWARDS HALL OF FAME.</p><p>-- NAACP Image Awards, March 7, 2024</p><p>(Don't know why it took until today to make the news. I first heard it this morning on NPR Radio News)</p><p><a href="https://naacpimageawards.net/press-releases/naacp-image-awards-hall-of-fame-and-lifetime-achievement-award/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">naacpimageawards.net/press-rel</span><span class="invisible">eases/naacp-image-awards-hall-of-fame-and-lifetime-achievement-award/</span></a></p><p>Let's give a little plug here for one of the experts on the 1980s, Nina Blackwood.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Blackwood" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Bla</span><span class="invisible">ckwood</span></a></p><p>She was a member of the very first group of MTV VJs and she has been a music scholar since age 4! I rarely use the word, "awesome," but Nina Blackwood really is awesome. It would be worth looking into whether she is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, so maybe we can get her into the Basketball Hall of Fame.</p><p>:</p><p>Music Museum of New England New Edition article</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/new-edition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/new-edition/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Music Museum of New England Bell Biv Devoe article</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/bell-biv-devoe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/bell-biv-devoe/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Music Museum of New England Bobby Brown short article</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/bobby-brown/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/bobby-brown/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Music Museum of New England Maurice Starr article</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/maurice-starr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/maurice-starr/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/1980smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980smusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/1980svocalgroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980svocalgroups</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/arthurbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthurbaker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bellbivdevoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bellbivdevoe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bobbybrown" class="mention hashtag" 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href="https://c.im/tags/springfieldmassachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>springfieldmassachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vocalgroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vocalgroup</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vocalgroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vocalgroups</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>