Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism

Jazz. The Future?

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Richard Guzman

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 Green Book vs. The Green Book

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Richard Guzman

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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Healing Racial Trauma

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Richard Guzman

Below is a 6:30 video showing a segment from Lenard McKelvey’s Comedy Central show Tha God’s Honest Truth.  He’s taken the performance name Charlamagne Tha God, which explains the name of his comedy show, which sometimes takes on topics not … Continue reading →

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