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Robin D. G. Kelley

Robin D.G. Kelley is professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies at Columbia University. His latest book is Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (2003).

Brooklyn's Jazz Renaissance

By Robin D. G. Kelley

In March 2003, Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted a forum titled “Jazz and Social Protest” that drew a predominantly black, standing-room-only crowd.

A Great Day in Brooklyn (organized by Ahmed Abdullah and Bob Myers). Photograph by Lem Peterkin. Courtesy of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.
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DEC 19-JAN 20

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