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By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF May 11, 2021 at 7:16 AM Dr. Steven P. Garabedian Dr. Steven P. Garabedian Credits: Dr. Steven P. Garabedian Lawrence Gellert Lawrence Gellert By TAPINTO GREATER OLEAN STAFF May 11, 2021 at 7:16 AM ST. BONAVENTURE, NY— Lawrence Gellert, a music collector who worked to introduce white audiences to a tradition of Black musical protest during the 1930s and 1940s, will be the subject of the Jandoli Institute’s next music and social justice online forum. Dr. Steven P. Garabedian, author of a book about Gellert, will lead the discussion, which is scheduled fo...

  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...