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TESTIMONY: A #BLACKLIVESMATTER MANIFESTO
41 readers ages 5-81 voice their support for #BlackLivesMatter in a collaborative reading of a Civil Rights manifesto by W.E.B. Du Bois.

John Michael Cooper
Jul 20, 20202 min read


FLORENCE PRICE AND RACIST STEREOTYPES
In two little-known piano suites Florence Price took on popular Black stereotypes by humanizing her subjects through her music.

John Michael Cooper
Jul 16, 20206 min read


FLORENCE PRICE, TEACHER
The time is ripe for a thorough exploration of Florence Price's teaching pieces for piano and her influence as a teacher.

John Michael Cooper
Jul 14, 20204 min read


FLORENCE PRICE AND TRANQUILITY
Florence Price's newly published and recorded Village Scenes (1942) offer a sorely needed contemplation of tranquility, peace, and nature.

John Michael Cooper
Jul 13, 20202 min read


WALK WITH ME
The global #BlackLivesMatter marches and Florence Price's spirituals give voice to the power of the cosmos in mandating racial justice.

John Michael Cooper
Jun 10, 20206 min read


SILENCE AND SOUND
Margaret Bonds's little-known settings of Robert Frost's well-known "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" teach important lessons.

John Michael Cooper
May 24, 20204 min read


SUMMER MOON
Unforeseen beauties appear when we examine Florence Price and her music on her own terms. The newly unearthed “Summer Moon” is an example.

John Michael Cooper
May 11, 20205 min read


THE HEART OF A WOMAN
Florence Price's "The Heart of a Woman" gives eloquent voice to the issues faced by African Americans as well as women.

John Michael Cooper
May 3, 20205 min read


FLORENCE PRICE AND THE SORROW SONGS: "I'm Troubled in My Mind"
Florence Price's newly published piano arrangement of the slave song "Troubled in My Mind" eloquently sounds spirit of the ancestral melody.

John Michael Cooper
Apr 24, 20204 min read


THE ARTS LEAD
The arts are where our imagination grows the strange new fruit of new world-views that open the way to a brighter future.

John Michael Cooper
Apr 8, 20205 min read


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