Bill Rauch
Boston College - Gasson 100
Sidita Kushi and Monica Duffy Toft
Foley & Lardner LLP
Seán Hemingway and Joan Silber
John F. Kennedy Library
Dr. John Edward Hasse, long-time music curator at the Smithsonian and Duke Ellington’s biographer, plays stirring video clips of these songs that inspired, motivated, and advocated for what Martin Luther King called for in his “I have a dream” speech: that we all be judged not by the color of our skin, “but by the content of our character.”
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
June Millington—guitarist and founding member of all-female rock band Fanny—will converse with Emm Gryner—independent singer/songwriter, bassist, and pianist—about Fanny, music, and activism. The main content will conclude with a musical performance. This program is part of the Boston Public Library's Lowell Lecture Series and their “Revolutionary Music: Music for Social Change” programmatic theme.
Boston Public Library - Rabb Lecture Hall
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