Home NEW ORLEANS, LA – JULY 03: Karen Clark Sheard from The Clark Sisters speaks onstage during the Tribute Finale at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 3, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. <P> <P><B>CREDIT</B><BR/> Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival</P> NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 03: Karen Clark Sheard from The Clark Sisters speaks onstage during the Tribute Finale at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 3, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. <P> <P><B>CREDIT</B><BR/> Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival</P>

NEW ORLEANS, LA – JULY 03: Karen Clark Sheard from The Clark Sisters speaks onstage during the Tribute Finale at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 3, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival

NEW ORLEANS, LA – JULY 03: Karen Clark Sheard from The Clark Sisters speaks onstage during the Tribute Finale at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 3, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival)

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