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Celebration of Negro Spirituals, Part IV
October 27, 2007
Victoria Howard Robinson Evans host, Radio One
Emmett G. Price III professor, Northeastern University
Llewellyn Smith producer, director, Vital Pictures
William Banfield professor, Berklee College of Music
Robert Honeysucker professor, Longy School of Music
Carolyn Coverdale former Hall Johnson Singer
Samuel Martinborough chairperson, MassACDA

A symposium to celebrate negro spirituals, the roots of blues, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop music, and their impact on 21st century music.

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