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SUMMARY:Jack Marchbanks Author Visit - Art and Activism Book Release
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DESCRIPTION:Jack Marchbanks\, historian\, lecturer\, and host of Jazz Sund
 ay\, visits the Bexley Library to celebrate the release of his book Art an
 d Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard. .\nhttp
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join historian\, longtime host of&nbsp\;<e
 m>Jazz Sunday\,&nbsp\;</em>and author Jack Marchbanks at the Bexley Public
  Library as we celebrate the release of his book\,&nbsp\;<em>Art and Activ
 ism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard</em>.&nbsp\; Ma
 rchbanks will explore how prominent jazz artists like Nina Simone\, Abbey 
 Lincoln\, and Lena Horne along with their literary counterparts like Lorra
 ine Hansberry\, Maya Angelou\, and Langston Hughes were able to use their 
 influence as cultural leaders within the evolving civil rights movement.&n
 bsp\;Wil Haygood calls the book "a valentine to those artist-activists who
  disrupted the tenor of a segregated nation and inched us closer to freedo
 m." A book signing will follow the presentation.</p>\n<p><strong>About the
  Author:</strong></p>\n<p>Jack Marchbanks&nbsp\;is a professional historia
 n\, lecturer\, and longtime host of&nbsp\;<em>Jazz Sunday</em>\,&nbsp\;a w
 eekly three-hour radio program on 90.5 FM WCBE in Columbus\, Ohio. He has 
 written\, narrated\, and produced nationally broadcast public radio docume
 ntaries\, including features on Sam Cooke and his hometown funk heroes\, t
 he Ohio Players.&nbsp\;<em>Art and Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in t
 he Civil Rights Vanguard</em> is his first book.</p>\n<p><strong>About the
  Book:</strong></p>\n<p>Explore how jazz legends and literary icons united
  art and activism\, shaping the civil rights movement and transforming Ame
 rican culture during the pivotal period between 1955 and 1965.</p>\n<p><em
 >Art and Activism</em>&nbsp\;explores the powerful\, symbiotic relationshi
 ps among artists such as Nina Simone\, Abbey Lincoln\, and Lena Horne and 
 their literary counterparts&mdash\;Lorraine Hansberry\, Maya Angelou\, and
  Langston Hughes. These creative figures positioned themselves as cultural
  thought leaders within the evolving civil rights movement. While the Jim 
 Crow South was the movement&rsquo\;s operational front\, Jack Marchbanks a
 rgues that New York City&rsquo\;s intellectual\, cultural\, and fundraisin
 g communities functioned as its strategic command center.</p>\n<p>Readers 
 who admire jazz legends like Duke Ellington\, Dave Brubeck\, Miles Davis\,
  and Charles Mingus&mdash\;and those fascinated by prominent African Ameri
 can writers like James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison&mdash\;will discover how 
 these artists intertwined their work with the civil rights struggle. The b
 ook examines their involvement in pivotal confrontations and their connect
 ions with key leaders such as the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\, Da
 isy Bates\, Ella Baker\, and Malcolm X.</p>\n<p>By illuminating the inters
 ection of art and activism\, this study offers a fresh perspective on the 
 pivotal decade from 1955 to 1965. It is an essential resource for undergra
 duate courses and an engaging read for anyone seeking to understand the ci
 vil rights era through a cultural lens.</p>\nhttps://bexley.libnet.info/ev
 ent/16354956
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