Galleys Related to Black Studies/Music, Race and/or the Civil Rights Movement
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Item Langston Hughes poem(1968-06-12)Item Draft Resistance the Alliance between the Black Panthers and the Peace and Freedom Party(1968-03-20)"The Special Events Committee presents a talk by Brian Murphy at 4:00 o'clock on Wednesday, March 20, in Dewey Living room. The title is Draft Resistance the Alliance between the Black Panthers and the Peace and Freedom Party."Item Selected excerpts from Civil Disobedience(1967-10-24)"Henry David Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1847 about the slavery issue. We think it applies to the present situation. Selected excerpts follow"Item God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman(1967-12)The lyrics of the song "God Re Ye Merry Gentleman" are altered to include references to violence against protestors, radiation, the Vietnam War, and voting civil rights.Item Angela Davis Trial(1972-05-03) Kleiner, Gerald; Slessarev, Helen; Cartelli, Tom"The case is not only important because it points out the tainted nature of American political process, but also because Angela Davis embodies the basic struggles of our period - she is black and she is a woman. Her defense is in great need of aid and is currently $200,000 in debt. The Defense Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners has been supplying the funds for this trial which may prove to be the most expensive in judicial history. Contribute to fight repression!"Item Black Music Workshop on on Ear Training and Improvisation(1980-05-19)"John LaPorta, musician, composer, author and teacher will present a Workshop on Ear Training and Improvisation at the Black Music Division's weekly forum on Tuesday, May 20, 1980."Item Black Music Division Lack of Space(1976-10-06) Ash, Jay; Graves, Milford; Hoyer, Jeff; Brooks, Arthur"We have been aware, on a personal and divisional level, of the closet cultural racist ideologies displayed by various individuals within the other divisions at this college for some time now, and, the continued existence of this chauvinism is indeed one of the major reasons for the "separate but equal" status within the discipline of music at this institution. Furthermore, it was our understanding (based upon conversations with the deans earlier this year), that until such time as Bennington College sees fit to change it's policy regarding the existence of a Black Music Division, this type of slanderous, reactionary, political activity would no longer be tolerated."Item Open Letter to the Community about the Black Music Division(1976-10-08) Hoyer, Jeff"The issues referred to in this week's open letter to Dr. Murphy were supposed to have been resolved three years ago. That this meaningless and often slanderous debate is allowed to go on, represents a continuing insult to those of us who would rather be engaged in those activities for which we have been hired, i.e. teaching and creating music. The fact that there are still those among us who cannot see the blatant racism of the situation, and continue to ask such questions as: "Why is there Black Music?", or "Why can't we all work together?", is indicative of the incredible intellectual bankruptcy and social irrelevancy of what (we are continually told) was once the vanguard of American higher education."Item Black Music Division Lack of Space(1976-09) Brooks, Art; Horenstein, Stephen; Ash, Jay; Dixon, Bill; Hoyer, Jeff; Milford, Graves"Due to the inadequacy of the space situation as it currently exists at the college for the practical implementation of teaching and the work of students in the Division (and we need not mention that occasional performances arise out of such situations), all classes in the Black Music Division will be indefinitely cancelled."Item Black Music Division Presents a Lecture by Larry Neal(1975-10-16)"Mr. Neal is currently teaching at Williams College in the English Department. He is the Co-Editor of the publication Black Fire. His lecture will be on the relationships between Black Literature and Black Music."Item Rehire Bill Dixon(1975-05-28) Svane, Christina"The desire to cripple the Black Music Division is a symptom of the college's current hypocrisy about its role in the arts and the world. If it hopes to regain its role as a pioneer, it must decide to do so, and know that it has decided, and function accordingly. If it wants instead to limit itself to the perpetuation of styles that have already been widely accepted, safely passed the test of public opinion then it should admit to this change in its philosophy, and not waste its integrity by having to keep up a front."Item Black Music Events Cancelled(1975-05-29)Item Student's Perspective on the Black Music Division(1975-05-22) MacGregor, Susan B."The brief history of Black Music at Bennington has been equally disconcerting. The move to include Black Music in the Bennington curriculum was not intitated by the College indeed it was quite literally a campaign mounted by proponents of the music which resulted in that inclusion. When BlackMusic was accorded divisional status it became apparent that it was still to be regarded by the college as the 'poor relation of the arts'."Item Black Music Workshops Aspects of Contemporary Improvisational Practices(1975-03-21)"Mr. Jimmy Stewart, musician, poet, playwright and essayist, who lives in Philadelphia, will be the guest artist for this Workshop. Mr. Stewart will present a talk on musical partials, the use of these partials in the "energy" improvisation associated with the new Black music, along with a theory of the use of partials as a distinguishable feature of our musics in relationship to the equal tempered system."Item The Black Music Division Will Present Two Evenings of Music(1975-06-05)"Friday evening'sConcert will feature Jimmy Lyons and the Advanced Black Music Ensemble at 8 :15 p.m. in the Carriage Barn. Saturday, there will be a concert of works by Bill Dixon and Jeff Hoyer, and various soloists starting at 8:00 p.m. in the Carriage Barn."Item Fred Ahmed Evans(1969-09-22) Bennington Black & Red"This Tuesday, September 23, a man is going to die in the electric chair. He is Fred Ahmed Evans. Perhaps many people at Bennington have never heard of him, much less his execution."Item "Announcement of the Exhibition "September to December in Black Music"(1974-12-02)"In conjunction with this Exhibition, there will be a series of informal evening concerts on Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6 in the Carriage Barn at 10:15 p.m."