African American educators
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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
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1984 - 1985
Addison W. Reed lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Reed
Dates:
1977 - 1980
Adzenyah, Abraham , 1984 - 1985
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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...
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1984 - 1985
Ahmad Jamal and Eugene Redmond lecture at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685493
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1974 March 19
Babatunde "Mike" Olatunji lectures and performs at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Olatunji
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1970 March 12
Bailey, Leon, 1986 - 1990
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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...
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1986 - 1990
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.
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1977 January 25
Bhekokwakhe Langa, author, professor and alum, lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685517
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1985 November 12
Bill Cole lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Cole
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1975 - 1988
Brown, Wesley , 1987 October 27
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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...
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1987 October 27
Calvin C. Hernton lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685482
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1977 March 29
Charles Hamm lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685483
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1987 November 3
Chief Bey lectures at the University of Connecticut.
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860678407
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1977 January 25
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.
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1971 March 10
Cole, Bill, 1977 - 1988
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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...
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1977 - 1988
Crouch, Stanley , 1978 - 1984
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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, ...
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1978 - 1984
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.
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1983 April 26
Dr. Joseph Skerrett lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860688083
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1985 September 10
Etheridge Knight lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685513
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1970 November 9
Eugene Redmond lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Redmond
Dates:
1977 - 1984
Frederick King lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002King
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1982 - 1987
Frederick Tillis lectures at the
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Tillis
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1985 - 1989
Hakim, Talib Rasul, 1974 - 1984
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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...
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1974 - 1984
Hamm, Charles, 1987 November 3
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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...
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1987 November 3
Hernton, Calvin C., 1977 March 29
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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...
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1977 March 29
Historian Donald Spivey lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860685430
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1990 March 27
Holley, Major "Mule", 1980 - 1990
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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...
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1980 - 1990
Jamal, Ahmad and Eugene Redmond, 1974 March 19
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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....
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1974 March 19
James Spruill lectures at the University of Connecticut
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Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Spruill
Dates:
1986 - 1987
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