Before the Blacklist: The Role of the New York Jazz Community Between the Harlem Renaissance and the McCarthy Era in Promoting Social Change through Radical Politics

18 March 2026 Political activism among African American musicians and composers during the Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1920-1935) and the Civil Rights era (ca.1954-1968) has been well documented, and is a prominent feature in the narrative of the history of jazz in...

Music Education in Historical Perspective: Status, Non-Musicians, and the Role of Women

01 October 1992 In a fundamental sense, all musicians are educators, whether we acknowledge it or even intend it.1 It is our students and purposes that vary. Consequently, the music education profession traditionally refers to only those individuals who prepare music...