Introduction to the course; emancipation & abolition
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Pre - Recorded Lecture release date and time: Thursday, May 28; 11am
Live Q&A: Tuesday, June 2; 11am
Description: This lecture will briefly introduce users to the history of the Levy Collection and give an overview of the series before diving into the emancipation movement. The lecture will include songs by African American composers that reflect period attitudes towards slavery, the civil war, and the role of black composers and performers in minstrelsy.
Temperance & prohibition
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Pre - Recorded Lecture release date and time: Thursday, June 4; 11am
Live Q&A: Tuesday, June 9; 11am
Description: This lecture will examine the temperance and prohibition movements, examining songs including “I’ll Marry No Man If He Drinks,” and “America Never Took Water and America Never Will,” to illustrate opposing perspectives of these movements.
Labor
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Pre - Recorded Lecture release date and time: Thursday, June 11; 11am
Live Q&A: Tuesday, June 16; 11am
Description: This lecture will explore the rise and fall of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the impact of railroad strikes.
Anti-war
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Pre - Recorded Lecture release date and time: Thursday, June 18; 11am
Live Q&A: Tuesday, June 23; 11am
Description: Songs will be chosen from the Civil War and World War I to explore music as an anti-war protest.
Suffrage
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Pre - Recorded Lecture release date and time: Thursday, June 25; 11am
Live Q&A: Tuesday, June 30, 11am
Description: This lecture will include pro- and anti-suffrage songs, focusing on songs composed by women.