Came across this while browsing the BBC World Service website. The BBC has invited historian Prof David Blight of Yale University to present the 2015 Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture...
"...At a time when the issue of race is at the forefront of debate in America, Prof Blight will explore how the role and experience of African-Americans during and after the war is often overshadowed by stories of brave men from the North and South." I perk up anytime I see mention of Cooke...his "Letter From America" program was one of the half-dozen "listening appointments" I kept each week, along with RNW's "Media Network" and DW's "Larry Wayne's Random Selection"... See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qh7vf By the way, more than 500 episodes of "Letter From America" can be heard at the BBC website, including one from 1949; it looks like everything since 1978 is available online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6hbp Best regards, Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
