Kentwood — When Kimberly Taboada-Arzate was watching East Kentwood High School’s recent Black History Month performance, she was struck by senior Mariah Wright, who was singing “A Change is Going to Come,” a 1964 song by Sam Cooke.
Earlier in the performance, a 1979 photo of Taboada-Arzate with high school friends in the Black Awareness Club was projected on the screen. The resemblance between her as a teenager and Mariah, dressed in 70s gear for the performance, was striking.
Family members seated around Taboada-Arzate were asking, “Is she supposed to be you?”…