John Michael CooperFeb 22, 20235 min readA FATHER-DAUGHTER GIFT FOR TODAYThe Margaret Bonds / W.E.B. Du Bois Credo Returns to Its Roots Margaret Bonds’s relationship with her father was complicated but rich –...
John Michael CooperFeb 19, 20233 min readA HISTORIC RE-ENACTMENTMargaret Bonds’s Montomery Variations and Credo on the Same Program with the Hartford Chorale and Hartford Symphony Orchestra Margaret...
John Michael CooperApr 30, 20224 min read“UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITIES!” (1) The Conservatory of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Brings Margaret Bonds’s Civil-Rights Credo to the Home of Dred Scott’s...
John Michael CooperDec 16, 20215 min read“THE THREE WISE MEN”:A Seasonal Blessing in Word and Song from the Pen of W.E.B. Du Bois (1913) W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was a male womanist as well as an...
John Michael CooperJul 20, 20202 min readTESTIMONY: A #BLACKLIVESMATTER MANIFESTO41 readers ages 5-81 voice their support for #BlackLivesMatter in a collaborative reading of a Civil Rights manifesto by W.E.B. Du Bois.