Priscilla Hancock Cooper knows the importance of mentors. So she became one.
(WorldNews Music)

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times At an early age, Priscilla Hancock Cooper recognized the importance of mentors and artists. `I grew up working for a black weekly newspaper, so I had adult mentors all my life,` she said. `That was embedded in me.` She was also surrounded by creative people. `It´s what I knew, and it really helps,` she said. `It really shaped me. I thought every place was like that.` Those influences can be identified in a number of Cooper´s performances,...