I hope this image like this is (A) both inclusive and diverse, (B)somewhat historically accurate, and (C) portrays people of color in a positive light while acknowledging the historical context. Popular music was one of the first places the racial divide was crossed. In today's hyper-sensitive, revisionist, so-easily offended and ultra PC society that loves to judge the racist and sexist past, it's worth noting that: - Al Jolson (yes, the blackface performer) was well respected by the African-American community and was a champion of civil rights - George Gershwin spent a summer living with an African-American (Gullah) community before working on Porgy and Bess, and his opera was well-received by the African-American community (Duke Ellington was just pissed off because a Jewish kid beat him to the punch😆) - Clark Gable threatened to walk off the set of Gone With the Wind unless the African-American actors were allowed to use the same restrooms and white cast and crew When Eubie Blake and his companion were asked to leave a restaurant that was "Whites Only," James Cagney, who was dining at the same restaurant, left with them and took them to one of his favorites saying, "Anyone who tells you to leave, I will punch them in the face." Frank Sinatra refused to perform until Mabel Mercer was allowed to attend. Yes it was the age of segregation and Jim Crow and "coon songs" and worse. Blacks weren't even allowed to patronize the Cotton Club, where famous African-American performers were featured. But it wasn't that way with every white person back then. A lot of it was curiosity in the beginning, but you know - it had to start somewhere. Perhaps not surprisingly, the first group of white people to start embracing African Americans was the Jewish community, particularly in the entertainment industry (one of the few fields that didn't discriminate against Jews). I'm glad the 1984 film "The Cotton Club" finally got Hollywood to start acknowledging this history. This is a work in project that will eventually be used in a graphic novel (after some postwork 😄)