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    Viral sensation USC Cardinal Divas strive to 'create a Black space for Black women'

    by Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times Oct 07, 2022 6 minutes
    The Cardinal Divas perform in the fourth. quarter of a USC game against Arizona State at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday night, Oct. 1, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — Princess Lang pressed send on her innocent tweet. If she got 50 likes on this simple, seven-second video clip of her dancing, the junior majoring in musical theater at USC would feel so famous.

    The notifications that followed nearly buzzed a phone-shaped hole into her friend's couch cushion.

    More than 3 million views and 104,000 likes streamed in on the video of Lang dancing in the front row at the Coliseum with a newly formed majorette team during USC's football game against Fresno State. Her curly, shoulder-length hair bounced with every arm movement. A bright smile lit up her face.

    "The Cardinal Divas of SC are UP NEXT," the tweet said.

    The Chicago native, who has performed in professional plays since she was in high school, was not prepared for what followed.

    Choreographer Dianna Williams, whose Dancing Dolls of Jackson, Miss., were featured on the Lifetime show "Bring It!", offered to jump "on the next flight to California" to

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