Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism

The Gateways Festival Orchestra: The Color of Concert Music

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Richard Guzman

The event described below is part of a series of initiatives of the Anti-Racism Taskforce of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church.  See below for details. The color of concert music is white. Its gender: male.  So … Continue reading →

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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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