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Monday January 19, 2004
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Week of January 19, 2004
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Remembering when the call to "Play ball!" in Washington was answered by the Homestead Grays.
Brad Snyder, author of "Beyond The Shadow of the Senators: The Untold Story of The Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball"
He's been described as America's social conscience. For more than fifty years, Joe Glazer has been writing, collecting, and performing songs of political protest and social commentary. He joins Kojo to reflect on his career and the powerful role that music can play in changing the world.
For catalogue of Joe Glazer recordings, contact Collector Records at 301-652-0393 or write 9225 Wendell Street, Silver Spring MD 20901-3533.
Joe Glazer, folksinger and social historian; author of "Labor's Troubadour" (Univ. of Illinois)
He's been called "America's de facto poet laureate." Hear the wonderful funky, blues poetry of urban wordsmith Sekou Sundiata.
Sekou Sundiata, poet and performance artist
Katea Stitt, Host of WPFW's "Drive Time Jazz" (on Thursday mornings); also Sekou Sundiata's manager
How chess can turn at-risk kids into kings and queens.
Fernando Moreno, School Counselor. ESOL Office, Montgomery County
Vaughn Bennett, Executive Director, The National Chess Federation (formerly The Olympic Chess House)
A debut novel tackles an unheard part of American history-- how during slavery there were blacks who owned other blacks.
Edward P. Jones, author, "The Known World" (Pub: Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers)
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