John Michael CooperJun 10, 20225 min“I NEVER IMAGINED THAT A WOMAN COULD WRITE SUCH MUSIC!”On the Extraordinary Mel-Bonis (1858-1937) [This is the fifth in a series of posts of “blogified” short entries from the forthcoming...
John Michael CooperJun 3, 20222 minFLORENCE PRICE’S SCENES OF TENEMENT LIFEToday witnesses the release of 2022’s second[1] milestone in the recorded legacy of Florence B. Price: the world-premiere recording of...
John Michael CooperMay 31, 20223 minOF HOPE AND NEW BEGINNINGSA Commencement Letter from Langston Hughes, Shared with Margaret Bonds We are in an age of marches, of collective protests against...
John Michael CooperMay 28, 20228 minON HARRY T. BURLEIGH, HIS LIFE AND LEGACIES[This is the fourth in a series of posts of “blogified” short entries from the forthcoming second, enlarged edition of my Historical...
John Michael CooperFeb 289 minBLACK REINSCRIPTION, WHITE REPRISAL: ELIZABETH KECKLEY AND MARGARET BONDS
John Michael CooperFeb 167 minSEQUINA DUBOSE: FROM “BLURRED LINES,” A MESSAGE CRYSTAL CLEAR (pt. 1 of 2)