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Whitney Houston‘Not black enough’: the identity crisis that haunted Whitney HoustonThe new documentary on the late star’s tragic life focuses on her conflicted public persona as a black star in a white pop world “Sometimes it gets down to ‘You’re not black enough for them. You’re not R&B enough. You’re very pop. The white audience has taken you away from them.’” This was Whitney Houston, reflecting on the first significant setback of her career, when she was booed at the 1989 Soul Train Awards.

Elvis Presley didn’t invent rock and roll. He never claimed to, telling Jet magazine in 1957, “A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock ’n’ roll was here a long time before I came along.” At the same time, the 20th century would have looked much different if the “hillbilly cat” with the sensual lips and provocative dance moves had taken early advice and remained a truck driver.

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If Hilarie Burton Morgan’s first book, The Rural Diaries, hoped to inspire readers with her tale of moving back to the country and taking on a life filled with babies, animals and adventure, her second volume aims even deeper. “My first book was certainly about community, looking outward, and how to build that community so that you feel safe and fulfilled where you are,” Burton Morgan says. “This book is a look inward.