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    In The Jazzmen, Tye paints a vivid and immersive portrait of the birth of jazz, highlighting the resilience of its trailblazers as they opened America’s ears and souls to the magnificence of their melodies. Each insisted he was a music maker first and last, when in reality all three were cultural and racial insurgents.

    "The lives of these jazzmen resonate,” Tye says, “in the way they quietly upended the way musical dynasties are constructed and how human rights are secured."

    Whereas previous biographies focused on their music-making, Tye digs deeply into their lives off the bandstand, showing how this threesome framed their times even as they were framed by them. He conducted 250 interviews, including with bandmates, relatives, and friends, and drew on new materials unearthed from archives, libraries, and private collections.

    Larry Tye will converse with David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library. Potential discussion topics include how the lives of Duke Ellington, Satchmo Armstrong, and Count Basie were uniquely connected, not only by recasting the music scene but also by overcoming racial exclusion during the Jim Crow era of segregation, and why, even as they traveled the world as America’s jazz ambassadors, these extraordinary jazzmen had to take extraordinary steps to stay alive when they ventured below America’s Mason-Dixon Line.
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    American Ancestors
    Boston Public Library
  • The New England Legal Foundation (NELF) is the only non-profit public interest law firm in the region dedicated to addressing policy and constitutional concerns related to free enterprise. NELF’s ongoing mission is to champion individual economic liberties, traditional property rights, properly limited government, and inclusive economic growth.
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    Join rock pioneer June Millington and acclaimed indie artist Emm Gryner for an enlightening discussion and performance.

    June Millington—guitarist and founding member of all-female rock band Fanny—will converse with Emm Gryner—independent singer/songwriter, bassist, and pianist—about Fanny, music, and activism. The main content will conclude with a musical performance.

    This program is part of our Lowell Lecture Series and our “Revolutionary Music: Music for Social Change” programmatic theme.
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    Boston Public Library
  • Emm Gryner is an independent recording artist with a career that spans more than 25 years. Her albums Asianblue and Girl Versions were nominated for Pop Album of The Year at the Juno Awards. Emm appears on albums by David Bowie and Rob Zombie.
  • June Millington “one of the hottest female guitarists in the industry” (Guitar Player Magazine) has been making music since she was a child playing ukulele in her native Philippines.
  • Mark A. Perry is Co-Head of Weil’s Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice and a member of the Firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. He is a veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocate and legal strategist who focuses on complex business cases in trial and appellate courts around the United States.
  • Vice-chair of WilmerHale’s Litigation/Controversy Department and a member of the firm’s global Management Committee.
  • Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, where he teaches constitutional law in both Yale College and Yale Law School.
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    New England Legal Foundation is excited to present the SCOTUS Crystal Ball. Each year at this point in May, many of the cases before The Supreme Court have been decided. There are few that remain, and those that do often have the most intricacies. Join us and for a discussion about the details of the remaining cases, the arguments given and what a decision on either side of the case may mean.

    We are excited to welcome back Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, Professor Akhil Amar to moderate the discussion between constitutional law scholars.
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    New England Legal Foundation
  • In Person
    Join Revolutionary Spaces Associate Director of Collections Lori Erickson Fidler and acclaimed podcaster and New York Times best-selling author Mike Duncan (Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution) as they explore an iconic artifact from the Revolutionary Spaces collection, a sword brought to America by Lafayette.

    The program will examine Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality on both sides of the Atlantic, the deep interconnections between the American and French Revolutions, and the impact of his legacy on our world today. A wealthy French aristocrat, the Marquis de Lafayette played a decisive role in the American Revolution while fighting alongside George Washington, eventually becoming a globally revered statesman, fierce advocate for liberty, and a passionate abolitionist. The program will conclude with an audience Q&A.
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    Revolutionary Spaces