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Posted by: Pat Padua
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. Let us celebrate the man, his dream, and our reality. From the Music Division, sing along to “We shall overcome.” On American Memory, read about The Civil Rights Era. Read more about Dr. King on Today in History.
Posted in: Birthdays, Holidays, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The photographs of William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006 ) are a priceless document of the jazz era in the ’30’s and ’40’s. In the Muse will occasionally highlight selections from this collection. Today we celebrate the birthdays of two legendary jazz drummers. When the Music Division prepared the Gottlieb collection for digitization in the ’90’s, Gottlieb worked …
Posted in: Birthdays, Jazz, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The Music Division was saddened to learn that legendary jazz broadcaster Edward Beach passed awayon Christmas Day. Beach was the host of “Just Jazz,” a radio program which ran in New York City from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. The Library of Congress is home to the Edward Beach Collection, which consists of his broadcast …
Posted in: In Memoriam, Jazz, Special Collections