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• Lee will speak on music and film at international symposium

  By Jandoli Institute on January 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee has been selected to present a paper at an international music and cinema symposium organized by research groups at two French universities. Lee will present his paper, How Terribly Normal to be 70, on… Read More ›

• Video: Outrage, Protests and Passion 50 Years before BLM

  By Jandoli Institute on December 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Jazz and People’s Movement, an activist movement launched in 1970 to bring more attention to African American jazz musicians, was the focus of the Jandoli Institute’s third Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts forum on music and social justice. Click below to watch… Read More ›

• FDR’s lost speech

  By Jandoli Institute on December 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Michael P. Riccards In 1926, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was desperately trying to restore the use of his legs and spent a considerable amount of time in Warm Springs, Georgia. With Louis Howe’s dedication, he still kept his hand in… Read More ›

• Add more seats around the public policy table, please

  By Jandoli Institute on December 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Denny Wilkins Journalists report on the world’s important issues primarily in two languages — those of politics and economics. When a budding college journalist asks me what she should minor in or take as a second major, my reply… Read More ›

• Word of Lennon’s Death Traveled a Path Similar to Today’s News

  By Jandoli Institute on December 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Richard Lee When John Lennon was murdered 40 years ago, news of his death was delivered in a format that was unconventional for the time. Instead of a network newscast or a daily newspaper, it was sportscaster Howard Cosell… Read More ›

• Explore the activist movement that focused attention on African-American jazz musicians

  By Jandoli Institute on December 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  An activist movement launched in 1970 to bring more attention to African American jazz musicians will be the focus of the Jandoli Institute’s next Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts forum on music and social justice. The session, Outrage, Protests and Passion… Read More ›

• Rigged Republic?

  By Jandoli Institute on December 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Hard Fought Elections and Peaceful Transitions are the Consistent Norm By Phillip G. Payne At various times in the history of the republic, the person occupying the office of the presidency has been great, mediocre and not-so-great. Similarly, our elections… Read More ›

• The pandemic and the equity movement

  By Jandoli Institute on November 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By Michael P. Riccards As this winter of discontent approaches, the pandemic is worse than ever in large part because we are too stubborn to take even the most simple methods of prevention. The Midwest and Farwest are aflame as… Read More ›

• Upstate New Yorkers Favor Santa Over Cuomo

  By Jandoli Institute on November 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t the only public figure whose popularity varies around New York State. A Nov. 18 Siena College Research Institute survey found that more upstate residents believe in Santa Claus than do other New Yorkers. According to the… Read More ›

• Videos from our ‘Songs, Statues and Solutions’ Forum

  By Jandoli Institute on November 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” the iconic song from the Band’s self-titled 1969 album, served as a starting point for the Jandoli Institute’s Nov. 16, 2020, forum on music and social justice.  Presentation by Jandoli Institute Executive Director… Read More ›

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