Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes' Classical Perspective on Jim Crow – w/ Charles L. Hughes

From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. Renowned classical pianist Laura Downes is bringing new appreciation to the works of artists like Florence Price and Scott Joplin. In our final installment of Music Reconstructed, Downes discusses how we can hear the complicated history of this era with historian Charles L. Hughes. And for helpful classroom resources, check out the enhanced full transcript of this episode.

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Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes' Classical Perspective on Jim Crow – w/ Charles L. Hughes is an episode from Teaching Hard History: American Slavery by Learning for Justice.

This episode is 24:19 long.

This episode was published on Apr 26, 2022.

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