The MLK Memorial, Race Relations in the Jazz World, and the Turbulent 1960's, with Jazz Activist Renatta DeBlase
As Washington DC welcomes the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial — and with “The Help” now dominating at the box office — Americans are reflecting upon the nation’s turbulent racial history, MLK’s contributions to the civil rights movement, and life under segregation. For author Renatta DeBlase, these events seem …