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Peter i am going to go ahead and turn it over to john. I want to start with something i read in the introduction. Just absolutely fascinated by. And it is about your father. It is really a lovely story. Irwin silber. Book, published a songs of the civil war. He was not like a diehard civil war buff. He was not that kind nina he did like to sing the songs. Peter i have a question about your father. This is what you wrote. This book is not about my father civil war. It is partly about the people who created the civil war my father came to love as well as those who created the kind of civil war t...

Singer Barbara Dane has never been loath to share her well-crafted political opinions. The now 95-year-old vocalist has shared them around the world with millions of fans in countless concerts, protests and recordings.

February 10, 2021 In 1970, protest singer Barbara Dane and her husband, music publisher Irwin Silber, founded Paredon Records. Created to give voice to peoples’ movements from around the world, the label reflected all sides of the worldwide struggle for economic, racial, and social justice and national liberation. Learn more at Smithsonian Folkways’ digital 50th Anniversary Exhibition, honoring Paredon’s impact and historic catalog including an overview by Dane, a complete discography and album art, playlists, archived photography, and more. Additionally, listen to the Smithsoni...

White Fragility, has been on the New York Times best-seller list for over two years, much of that time ranked number one. The book is assigned frequently in college courses, and DiAngelo is in great demand as a “diversity” consultant to help corporations, universities, government agencies, and other institutions purge themselves of their white privilege. DiAngelo’s core message is that white Americans need to acknowledge their unconscious racial biases which make them, unwittingly in most cases, complicit in what she deems the U.S. racial caste system. In an error that aligns perfectly...

  AL: African-American culture contains a treasure trove of wonderful music. Yet there is this entire category of song that seems to have disappeared from history. I’m thinking about the song In Atlanta, Georgia with the line, “I’m gonna get me a pistol and hide behind a tree / shoot everybody been messin’ with me.” This is a lyric with a far different sentiment than “We Shall Overcome,” but I don’t know that many people have ever heard it. What kind of songs did Gellert uniquely bring forward?   SG: Yes, your question called to my mind the book We Will Shoot Back: Armed R...