Sonny Rollins Changed New York. There’s a Fitting Way to Honor Him.

Sonny Rollins died at 95 on Memorial Day. He was New York City born and bred, raised in Harlem, where W.E.B. Du Bois was his neighbor, and later lived on the Lower East Side. Along with fellow jazz giants like Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln and Charles Mingus, Mr. Rollins was a leader in the fight for Bla...

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