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Kansas City--- NEH West?

Kansas City--- NEH West?

Ode to the Pied Piper of Motown

Ode to the Pied Piper of Motown

Black Music and Soul

Black Music and Soul

Abbey or Diana?

Abbey or Diana?

Sister Act

Sister Act

The Third (Postmodern) Accordion

The Third (Postmodern) Accordion

Who Owns Black Music?

Who Owns Black Music?

The Same Old Song

The Same Old Song

The (Not So) Sweet Escape

The (Not So) Sweet Escape

Sampling or Stealing?

Sampling or Stealing?

Coping With Information Overload

Coping With Information Overload

Reverence for the Past, Relevance for Today

Reverence for the Past, Relevance for Today

The Untold Story of Scott Joplin’s House

The Untold Story of Scott Joplin’s House

Black Men and Black Women

Black Men and Black Women

Storytelling Through Soundtracks

Storytelling Through Soundtracks

The Search for the Truth During Troubled Times

The Search for the Truth During Troubled Times

Music Criticism in the Classroom

Music Criticism in the Classroom

Diana Ross as Amy Winehouse?

Diana Ross as Amy Winehouse?

The Many Faces of Marvin, And How We Remember Him

The Many Faces of Marvin, And How We Remember Him

The Other Girls of Motown

The Other Girls of Motown

The Symbolism of Billie Holiday

The Symbolism of Billie Holiday

Why Don’t People Remember George Washington as Our First White President?

Why Don’t People Remember George Washington as Our First White President?

The Difference A Musician Makes

The Difference A Musician Makes

Abbey Lincoln: A Story of Personal Identity

Abbey Lincoln: A Story of Personal Identity

Producing Hate

Producing Hate

Another Layer to the Ongoing Authenticity Conversation

Another Layer to the Ongoing Authenticity Conversation

Stevie and Motown's Other Break-Out Stars

Stevie and Motown's Other Break-Out Stars

The Loss of Religiosity in the West

The Loss of Religiosity in the West

Majority Rules: Race and the Nation's Capital

Majority Rules: Race and the Nation's Capital

The Music of "Nothing But A Man"

The Music of "Nothing But A Man"

The Problem of Authenticity in a You Tube World

The Problem of Authenticity in a You Tube World

Chuck Berry… Black Music?

Chuck Berry… Black Music?

Central Baptist Church Take Two

Central Baptist Church Take Two

Nothing But Reflections

Nothing But Reflections

What’s Going On… 1964 Style

What’s Going On… 1964 Style

Fusion

Fusion

Authenticity and Black Music

Authenticity and Black Music

Struggles, Failure, and Ascension (an attempt to make sense out of nonsense)

Struggles, Failure, and Ascension (an attempt to make sense out of nonsense)

Change Your Pajamas (and other words of Sunday wisdom)

Change Your Pajamas (and other words of Sunday wisdom)

Communism and the Movement????

Communism and the Movement????

Authentic or Non-Authentic?

Authentic or Non-Authentic?

Views on "Nothing But A Man"

Views on "Nothing But A Man"

A Man Called Adam

A Man Called Adam

Cultural Foundations and African Culture

Cultural Foundations and African Culture

In the Ear and the Message

In the Ear and the Message

Jazz IS Alive and Well!

Jazz IS Alive and Well!

Nothing But A Man and Black Art

Nothing But A Man and Black Art

Music is Soul, Soul is Music

Music is Soul, Soul is Music

Where's Waldo?

Where's Waldo?

I "Thought" I Knew About Jazz

I "Thought" I Knew About Jazz

Jazz at the Bistro and USA vs. Brazil

Jazz at the Bistro and USA vs. Brazil

Connecting With Students

Connecting With Students

Letters and Numbers: Biographical Poetry?

Letters and Numbers: Biographical Poetry?

Creator-Oriented vs. Audience-Oriented Work

Creator-Oriented vs. Audience-Oriented Work

The Art or Craft of Motown

The Art or Craft of Motown

The Education of John Coltrane

The Education of John Coltrane

The Chicken or the Egg: Why did Jazz lose its Popularity?

The Chicken or the Egg: Why did Jazz lose its Popularity?

A Mixed Legacy

A Mixed Legacy

Process in Discussions of Race

Process in Discussions of Race

The African Burial Ground: (African) American History and Issues of Identity

The African Burial Ground: (African) American History and Issues of Identity

Primary Sources and the Search for “Truth” in History

Primary Sources and the Search for “Truth” in History

Jazz's Holy Grail

Jazz's Holy Grail

Sell Out?

Sell Out?

What is Music?

What is Music?

A Voice in Politics: Did Musicians Have One?

A Voice in Politics: Did Musicians Have One?

Myth, Reality, or Maybe Both…

Myth, Reality, or Maybe Both…

Its Own Museum

Its Own Museum

Racial Music vs. Cultural Music

Racial Music vs. Cultural Music

The Black Arts Movement and Women

The Black Arts Movement and Women

What is Black Music?

What is Black Music?

Jazz COULD Travel Up The River To Chicago!

Jazz COULD Travel Up The River To Chicago!

White Narration of the African-American Experience

White Narration of the African-American Experience

Social Progress is Slow

Social Progress is Slow

Why is Popular Music Important?

Why is Popular Music Important?

The Sock Hop and the Loft: Blogging the 2011 NEH Summer Institute

The Sock Hop and the Loft: Blogging the 2011 NEH Summer Institute

Summertime

Summertime

Final Presentations

Final Presentations

Great Men and Final Thoughts

Great Men and Final Thoughts

Rethinking Mrs. Turner

Rethinking Mrs. Turner

War and Sports

War and Sports

The Muse Makes News

The Muse Makes News

A Good New-Fashioned Rent Party

A Good New-Fashioned Rent Party

Thank You

Thank You

Jack Johnson and His World

Jack Johnson and His World

All That Jazz

All That Jazz

Slide Correction for Monday 7/26 Morning Session

Slide Correction for Monday 7/26 Morning Session

A Message From Gerald Early

A Message From Gerald Early

Drop Me Off In Harlem

Drop Me Off In Harlem

America's Favorite Pastime

America's Favorite Pastime

Villains and Heroes of the Negro Renaissance

Villains and Heroes of the Negro Renaissance

No Longer Harlem Bound

No Longer Harlem Bound

Music and Motivation

Music and Motivation

Sports, Not Just Art, in the Renaissance

Sports, Not Just Art, in the Renaissance

This Little Light of Mine

This Little Light of Mine

Defense Factory Blues

Defense Factory Blues

Divinely Demented

Divinely Demented

New Respect for Birds and Flowers in New Negro Poetry

New Respect for Birds and Flowers in New Negro Poetry

Father Divine

Father Divine

18th and Vine

18th and Vine

Ellington and Black Beauty

Ellington and Black Beauty

Robeson, Du Bois & Understanding the African Diaspora

Robeson, Du Bois & Understanding the African Diaspora

Mammies to Divas

Mammies to Divas

Weary Blues

Weary Blues

Blues: Redefined for the Studio

Blues: Redefined for the Studio

Racial Segregation in St. Louis

Racial Segregation in St. Louis

More Poetry Please!

More Poetry Please!

Children Having Their Say

Children Having Their Say

Rhapsody in Blues

Rhapsody in Blues

Can You Please Say What You Really Mean?

Can You Please Say What You Really Mean?

Impressions of Thurman

Impressions of Thurman

Yet Do I Marvel; or, Wallace Thurman and the Day I Ticked Off Edward P. Jones

Yet Do I Marvel; or, Wallace Thurman and the Day I Ticked Off Edward P. Jones

Lynching Postcards

Lynching Postcards

To Shelter or Expose

To Shelter or Expose

Audible Man: Marcus Garvey and Ralph Ellison

Audible Man: Marcus Garvey and Ralph Ellison

Renaissance Envy

Renaissance Envy

The New Negro Renaissance in America, 1919-1941

The New Negro Renaissance in America, 1919-1941