KEYNOTE: Citizen Monk: Stories of Civic Engagement and Visionary Politics
VIDEO: Dr. Robin Kelley discusses the defiance of form that characterized Thelonious Monk’s music, and argues that even if Monk viewed his own music as apolitical, it still inspired political action by exemplifying an ethos of freedom that applies directly to the social world.
TEXT: An abstract and Dr. Kelley’s biography.
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