John Michael CooperMay 17, 20222 minON JAMES MONROE TROTTER AND HIS "MUSIC AND SOME HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE" (Part 2) [This is the second in a series of posts of “blogified” short entries from the forthcoming second, enlarged edition of my Historical...
John Michael CooperMay 1, 20224 min“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 CooperApr 23, 20223 minTHE VOICE OF MARGARET BONDSReflecting on Her Recorded Interview with James V. Hatch Most commentaries on Margaret Bonds either quote or refer to this passage: I was...
John Michael CooperMar 29, 20224 minTHREE IN D.C. The Voice of Margaret Bonds Rises in Three Events in the U.S. Capital This Weekend The estimable Margaret Bonds’s (1913-72) musical...
John Michael Cooper2 days ago4 minTHE HOUSTON EBONY OPERA GUILD SINGS THE DREAM OF FREEDOM, AND ITS PRICE (Part 1 of 2)
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)