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Freedom Now!: Four Hard Bop And Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians' Musical Commentary On The Civil Rights Movement, 1958-1964., Lucas Aaron Henry

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this study, I examined musical recordings from the jazz idiom that relate to events or ideas involved in the Civil Rights Movement during the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s. The study focused on the four following musicians' recordings: Charles Mingus, Fables of Faubus; Sonny Rollins, The Freedom Suite; Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz; and John Coltrane, A Love Supreme. The study relies primarily on the aforementioned recordings, critics analysis of those recordings, and events that took place during the Civil Right Movement.

The study concludes that these recordings are not only commentary about ideas and events but …

Distinguished Americans Series: Wilma Rudolph, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Wilma Rudolph Commemorative Stamp – Distinguished Americans Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Wilma Rudolph. First issued July 14, 200

Correspondence: Thank You Note 2/20/04, Planned Parenthood Note Card, Carole Ann Steiger

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Thank you letter to Dr. Edna L. Saffy.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Paul Robeson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Paul Robeson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Paul Robeson. First issued January 20, 2004, 27th in a series.

Charles C. Green V. County School Board Of New Kent County, U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Jody L. Allen, Brian J. Daugherity, Sarah Trembanis

History Publications

Lesson plan and historical background for the 1968 Charles C. Green et al., v, County School board of New Kent County, Virginia, et al (391 U.S. 430) Supreme Court decision which defined the standards by which federal courts would judge whether a violation of U.S. constitution existed in school desegregation cases.