Category Archives: Arts

Jazz. The Future?

The Video/Audio below is an excerpt from the 16th, and final, show of my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz, based on my 1976 book of the same name.  The 16-part series played across the nation for … Continue reading

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The Beauty of the Lord

In late April this year, Jubilate—a choral group co-sponsored by University Baptist Church and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville—celebrated its 50th Anniversary.  Started in 1973 by Carl Beard, then music minister at UniBap, it first drew 12 auditioned University students, … Continue reading

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The Green Book vs. The Green Book

In late March 2023 a group from churches in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum to see an exhibit called The Negro Motorist Green Book and afterwards to have a discussion on … Continue reading

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