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Was Sun Ra a student?
Sun Ra was a music education major at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, studying composition, orchestration, and music theory. He dropped out after a year.
What was Sun Ra's view on students?
What did Sun Ra do to change the black culture?
Sun Ra is considered to be an early pioneer of the Afrofuturism movement due to his music, writings and other works.
What did Sun Ra say the blacks should do?
What were Sun Ra's views of the world?
Sun Ra once said, The world let down a lot of good musicians.

Question: Did his views change as he got older?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Sun Ra's philosophical views change as he got older?