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Wednesday January 17, 2001
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A former priest confronts the silence of the Pope during the Holocaust and the accusations of anti-semitism in Christianity in his new book. A discussion with the author of Constantine's Sword and a religious history full of rights, wrongs and roads not taken.
James Carroll, author of "Secret Father" (Houghton Mifflin); also Op-Ed columnist at Boston Globe
The forgotten story of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era, when American demand for swing skyrocketed as millions - isolated from loved ones - sought diversion, comfort, and social contact through music and dance.
Clora Bryant, jazz musician (trumpet), former member of the Prairie View Co-Eds all-female jazz band
Sherrie Tucker, author "Swing Shift: 'All-Girl' Bands of the 1940s" (Pub: Duke Univ. Press); Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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