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Thursday, January 2, 2020

FRIDAY - The Michael Slate Show: Oscar Brown Jr. - His Art, His Music, His Politics And His Passion

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Friday, January 3, 2020
10 - 11 AM - PDT
The Michael Slate Show


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This week:
Oscar Brown Jr. - His Art, His Music, His Politics And His Passion
An interview with Oscar Brown Jr. (1926 – 2005), done with him a year before his death, where he talks about his life, his art, his politics and his dreams. Oscar Brown Jr. was an extraordinary artist and was a jazz vocalist, songwriter, playwright, poet and actor. In the course of his life Brown wrote scores of operas and plays including adaptations of Greek Tragedies, and hundreds of songs. He also wrote literally thousands of poems on every subject imaginable and directed and produced an award winning TV series on jazz. Throughout all of his work told the stories of Black people and fought hard for justice for Black people. And in doing this he sought to lay bare and strengthen the humanity we all share in common.