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Ludwig van Beethoven in front of sheet music from his first symphony.
Beethoven’s First Symphony
People dancing in a Broadway musical with their hands in the air
Our Top Ten Historical Musicals
The Norwegians Land in Iceland 872 by Oscar Wergeland (1877).
Why We Love the Vikings
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
Black Woodstock: The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar, Lucky Milliner and Moe Gayle in 1941
The Mother of Rock and Roll
The Beatles, upon their arrival at Kennedy International Airport in New York City on February 7,1964.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand”
The Beatles running down a street toward the camera
The Beatles, Rock, and Race in America
a crowd of people holding signs. some signs read "Black Lives Matter" and "End Police Brutality" and Defund the Police"
Still Striving for a More Perfect Union in the Age of Black Lives Matter
A promotional still from the 1951 Broadway production of The King and I
Top Ten Origins: Historical Musicals
1960s hippies dancing at a festival.
The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love
artwork entitled Can You Pass the Acid Test
The Acid Tests
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Mother of Rock and Roll
alienation in the society
3/28/14: On Alienation and Consumption, Then & Now
The flag of Ethiopia under the rule of the Derg, 1975-1987
Blind Aid: Lessons (Not Learned) from the Ethiopian Famine
The Beatles arrive in 1964 to meet their new fans in America.
50 Years Ago: the Beatles, Rock, and Race in America
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exiting a plane in 1964.
King in Time; King in time

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