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Sons of Africa: The 18th Century Black Londoners Campaigning for Abolition wessexscene.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wessexscene.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Boston musicians on the Black composers to hear now By A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 12:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Clockwise from upper left: Composers Florence Price, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Ignatius Sancho, Scott Joplin, and Twinkie Clark.Boston Globe composite Last summer, as Black Lives Matter protests heated up the streets, it seemed like every American orchestra sent out press releases condemning racism â even those who regularly go multiple seasons without programming work by a single Black composer. With bewigged maestros occupying so many plinths in the pantheon of the Western classical canon, Black composers have long been treated as an afterthought or novelty by much of the concert-music world. But recently, a new wave of ensembles (and listeners) has begun to explore this music in earnest, treating it with the gravitas it has always deserved. Four local Black musicians with roots in the classical tradition spoke with the Globe ....
Link Copied William Henry Dorsey was an information hoarder. An African American of means who lived in 19th-century Philadelphia, Dorsey suffered from a “malady” that afflicted others of his era: archive fever. He spent much of his long life he was born in 1837 and died in 1923 clipping newspaper articles and pasting them into one or another of nearly 400 scrapbooks, organized by topic. Dorsey’s scrapbooks represent a bricolage of one man’s far-ranging interest in African American history and culture. He clipped articles mainly from northern newspapers, Black and white, including some extremely rare publications. The scrapbooks hold articles on Black emigration schemes, fraternal orders, actors, and centenarians who lived through slavery. Dorsey devoted one scrapbook to an 1881 North Carolina convention of Black Republicans, one of many such gatherings at which African Americans envisioned post-emancipation political futures. He devoted another scrapbook to l ....
By Cherranda Smith Feb 3, 2021 Black history month gives us the space to recognize figures from around the world who have made an impact on the global Black community. The contributions of these figures, and so many others, worked to end oppressive systems, break barriers, and bring to light the challenges faced by Black people everywhere. They’ve protested, led, marched, fought, broke barriers, and should be celebrated for their sacrifice and the impact they made along the way. The legacy some have left behind has guided the paths of many leaders for generations and some are making their mark on history right now. ....
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Collaborates With South African Ensemble for Virtual Concert towntopics.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from towntopics.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.