MLK Day Workshop: 'Sounds of '65: Civil Rights & Jazz at the Midpoint of the 1960s'

Monday, January 19, 2015
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (ET)
Pettengill Hall G63
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Pelletier, Brenda
207-786-6400
Department
Committee - MLK
Link
https://events.bates.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=23661

1965 saw the march on Selma and the enactment of the Voting Rights Act, the assassination of Malcolm X and the Watts riots. This presentation by Tom Hayward, lecturer emeritus in classical and medieval studies, uses music by Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Archie Shepp, Horace Silver and others to explore how jazz musicians reacted to the events and culture of 1965. FMI 207-786-6400 or the online program.

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