John Michael CooperJul 15, 20239 minRIDDLED WITH MISTAKESIn the last few years, a music-publishing industry that historically has resolutely ignored compositions by composers of color and women...
John Michael CooperMar 26, 20234 minTHE TOMBSTONE’S TALEThe Mother of Florence B. Price The tombstone (a marker, really) is in Achor, Columbiana County, Ohio. On it is the name of Florence...
John Michael CooperJan 20, 20236 minA COMPOSITIONAL COLLABORATION(?) BETWEEN MARGARET BONDS AND FLORENCE PRICESleep Song (text by Joyce Kilmer) Have you ever been in a crowd or out in public and heard a voice that you immediately recognize, even...
John Michael CooperDec 20, 20223 minFLORENCE PRICE’S MOTHER AND FATHER SUED THE RAILROAD FOR DISCRIMINATIONSpeaking Truth to Power In the late nineteenth century, the railroads were the primary means for shipping goods and materials quickly,...
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)