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Abraham K. Adzinyah lectures at the University of Connecticut.

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Adzenyah
Dates: 1984 - 1985
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Addison W. Reed lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Reed
Dates: 1977 - 1980
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Adzenyah, Abraham , 1984 - 1985

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Musician Abraham Adzenyah delivered lectures at the University of Connecticut on 10/9/1984 (2015-0002/RR98) and 9/17/1985 (2015-0002/RR99). RR 98 Edward O'Connor makes several class announcements and answers questions before introducing master drummer Abraham Adzenyah. Mr. Adzenyah speaks about African music in a lecture titled "In Africa music and life are inseparable."RR 99 Edward O'Connor makes several class announcements and answers questions before...
Dates: 1984 - 1985
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Ahmad Jamal and Eugene Redmond lecture at the University of Connecticut

 Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685493
Dates: 1974 March 19
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Babatunde "Mike" Olatunji lectures and performs at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Olatunji
Dates: 1970 March 12
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Bailey, Leon, 1986 - 1990

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Scope and Contents Dramatist and University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts professor Leon Bailey delivered 4 lectures. Bailey spoke on 4/22/1986 (2015-0002/RR101), 2/3/1987 (2015-0002/RR102), 2/27/1990 (2015-0002/AC2) and 10/10/1989 (2015-0002/AC3). RR 101 Leon Bailey, professor of Dramatic Arts, talks about one of the most important theatrical events of the 20th century--the original production of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959. Bailey continues on with a discussion of...
Dates: 1986 - 1990
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Bey, Chief, 1977 January 25

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Chief Bey lectured at the University of Connecticut on 1/25/1977 (2015-0002/RR103).

RR 103 Percussionist and member of the Howard Roberts Chorale, Bey presents on African music with an emphasis on African percussion.

Dates: 1977 January 25
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Bhekokwakhe Langa, author, professor and alum, lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685517
Dates: 1985 November 12
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Bill Cole lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Cole
Dates: 1975 - 1988
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Brown, Wesley , 1987 October 27

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Scope and Contents Novelist and playwright Wesley Brown lectured at the University of Connecticut on October 27, 1987 (2015-0002/RR112). Leon Bailey introduces Wesley Brown whose lecture focused on his personal journey that shaped him as a person and how those experiences shaped him as a writer. He was involved in the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s. He has come to realize what drew him to this insurgency in the country was how the Black people looked like members of his family and how eloquently...
Dates: 1987 October 27
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Calvin C. Hernton lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685482
Dates: 1977 March 29
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Charles Hamm lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685483
Dates: 1987 November 3
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Chief Bey lectures at the University of Connecticut.

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Identifier:  http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860678407
Dates: 1977 January 25
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Clark, Ed, 1971 March 10

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Painter Ed Clark lectured at the University of Connecticut on 3/10/1971 (2015-0002/RR119). Mr. Clark spoke about his life and struggles illustrated by slides.

Dates: 1971 March 10
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Cole, Bill, 1977 - 1988

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Composer and musician Bill Cole delivered 3 lectures over an 13 year period: 11/15/1977 (2015-0002/RR120), 3/31/1987 (2015-0002/RR121), and 3/29/1988 (2015-0002/RR122).RR 120 Hale Smith introduces Professor Bill Cole. Cole's presentation focuses on what he does and performs his music. In the beginning the sound drops and skips but settles by the 1 minute mark.RR 121 Leon Bailey introduces and provides a description of the instruments Bill Cole plays and also...
Dates: 1977 - 1988
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Crouch, Stanley , 1978 - 1984

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Scope and Contents Crouch spoke on 2/28/1978 (2015-0002/RR128), 10/27/1981 (2015-0002/RR129), and 9/25/1984 (2015-0002/RR130) (2015-0002/RR311). Crouch was an American poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, drummer, and biographer. He was known for his jazz criticism and his 2000 novel, Don't the Moon Look Lonesome? He was a MacArthur Fellow and served as the senior consultant to Ken Burns' 2001 documentary, ...
Dates: 1978 - 1984
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Demby, William , 1983 April 26

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Novelist and literature professor William Demby lectured on 4/26/1983 (2015-0002/RR138).

RR 138 Hale Smith introduces speaker William Demby who spoke about a trip he had taken with his father the year before and the experiences that were shared during that trip.

Dates: 1983 April 26
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Dr. Joseph Skerrett lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860688083
Dates: 1985 September 10
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Etheridge Knight lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier:  http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685513
Dates: 1970 November 9
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Eugene Redmond lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Redmond
Dates: 1977 - 1984
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Frederick King lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002King
Dates: 1982 - 1987
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Frederick Tillis lectures at the

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Tillis
Dates: 1985 - 1989
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Hakim, Talib Rasul, 1974 - 1984

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Scope and Contents Composer Talib Rasul Hakim (birth name Stephen Alexander Chambers) delivered 10 lectures, from 1974 t0 1984. He spoke on 4/9/1974 (2015-0002/RR165), 11/4/1975 (2015-0002/RR166), 9/21/1976 (2015-0002/RR167), 11/29/1977 (2015-0002/RR168), 11/28/1978 (2015-0002/RR169), 11/13/1979 (2015-0002/RR170), 9/9/1980 (2015-0002/RR171), 11/16/1982 (2015-0002/RR172), 11/8/1983 (2015-0002/RR173), and lastly on 11/13/1984 (2015-0002/RR174). RR 165 Hale Smith makes several class related...
Dates: 1974 - 1984
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Hamm, Charles, 1987 November 3

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Scope and Contents Composer and musicologist Charles Hamm lectured on 11/3/1987 (2015-0002/RR175). Charles Edward Hamm (April 21, 1925 – October 16, 2011) was an American musicologist, writer, composer, and music educator. He is credited with being the first music historian to seriously study and write about American popular music. He also was one of the founders of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). His lecture topic was Black popular music in South Africa. [Information...
Dates: 1987 November 3
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Hernton, Calvin C., 1977 March 29

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Scope and Contents Poet and sociologist Calvin Hernton lectured on 3/29/1977 (2015-0002/RR177 178 [same program on both reels]). Calvin Coolidge Hernton (April 28, 1932 — September 30, 2001) was an American sociologist, poet and author, particularly renowned for his 1965 study Sex and Racism in America, which has been described as "a frank look at the role sexual tensions played in the American racial divide, and it helped set the tone for much African-American social...
Dates: 1977 March 29
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Historian Donald Spivey lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685430
Dates: 1990 March 27
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Holley, Major "Mule", 1980 - 1990

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Scope and Contents Major "Mule" Holley (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990), American jazz upright bassist, delivered 5 lectures. He spoke to the course on 1/22/1980 (2015-0002/RR181), 2/3/1981 (2015-0002/RR182), 2/2/1982 (2015-0002/RR183), 9/20/1983 (2015-0002/RR184), and 2/6/1990 (2015-0002/AC9). AC 9 Major "Mule" Holley (bassist) discusses his travels to the Soviet Union for the United Nations and plays some video and audio clips for the audience.RR 181 Edward O'Connor reviews...
Dates: 1980 - 1990
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

Jamal, Ahmad and Eugene Redmond, 1974 March 19

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Scope and Contents Composer Ahmad Jamal and poet Eugene Redmond delivered a lecture on 3/19/1974 (2015-0002/RR187). Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Eugene B. Redmond (born December 1, 1937, St. Louis) is an American poet, and academic. His poetry is closely connected to the Black Arts Movement and the city of East St. Louis, Illinois....
Dates: 1974 March 19
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library / 2015-0002, University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection / Series III: Audio Recordings of Lectures

James Spruill lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Spruill
Dates: 1986 - 1987
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library

Jazz musician Shaib Shihab lectures at the University of Connecticut

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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Shihab
Dates: 1986 - 1987
Found in: Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library
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