History Mixtapes

History Mixtapes explores how music and history intertwine. We will explore how the past can come alive by using music as a primary source, but also think about how listening to music and musical exploration can help us see the past through different lenses and lead us into new ways of connecting. We all tell stories with music: in playlists or mix tapes or other myriad mechanisms. And no one puts their story -- or the past's story -- to the same soundtrack.

Guest

Karen Cox

Karen L. Cox is an award-winning historian and a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. She is the author of four books, the editor or co-editor of two volumes on southern history and has written numerous essays and books, including No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice, published in April 2021 and won the Michael V.R. Thomason book prize from the Gulf South Historical Association.

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HISTORY MIXTAPES - Jazz and the Rhythm Club Fire with Karen Cox