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Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring Rodney Perry
No full textVideo footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during comedian Rodney Perry's live comedy performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theater over the weekend of January 13-14th, 2012. The footage shows his stand-up routine focusing on the topic of the black male experience
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Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring Rodney Perry
No full textVideo footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during comedian Rodney Perry's live comedy performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theater over the weekend of January 13-14th, 2012. The footage shows his stand-up routine focusing on the topic of the black male experience
The Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, 2022
No full textThe 19th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium titled "Walter Rodney: 50 Years of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" took place on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 from 10:00am - 3:00pm EST. The virtual conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Joyce Ladner who highlights her relationship with Dr. Walter Rodney. The panel hosted by Kurt B. Young featured Dr. Horace G. Campbell, Professor Issa Shivji, and Walter Bgoya, and discusses the work of Walter Rodney and Julius Nyerere. The panel hosted by Zophia Edwards featured a lecture by Dr. Vijay Prashad and respondents Natasha Shivji, Tamnisha John, Kamau Franklin, and Cindy Peters about the text "How Europe Undeveloped Africa". There were Q & A segments and global remembrances. The 2022 symposium was co-hosted by The Walter Rodney Foundation and the AUC Woodruff Library
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[Laughing Down the Aisle ft. Rodney Perry-Jonathan Slocumb-Damon Williams, Chocolate-Lester Barrie]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Laughing Down the Aisle event featuring comedy performances by Rodney Perry, Jonathan Slocumb, Damon Williams, and Chocolate Lester-Barrie live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
[Laughing Down the Aisle ft. Rodney Perry-Jonathan Slocumb-Damon Williams, Chocolate-Lester Barrie]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Laughing Down the Aisle event featuring comedy performances by Rodney Perry, Jonathan Slocumb, Damon Williams, and Chocolate Lester-Barrie live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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[Laughing Down the Aisle ft. Rodney Perry-Jonathan Slocumb-Damon Williams, Chocolate-Lester Barrie]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Laughing Down the Aisle event that featured performances by comedians Rodney Perry, Jonathan Slocumb, Damon Williams, and Chocolate-Lester Barrie live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Interview with Red Rodney, Part 1
No full textInterview with Red Rodney for Jazz Profiles. Audio from the Rodney interview only lasts until 9:05 of the nearly 2-hour recording. Rodney discusses replacing Miles Davis at the Three Deuces, having not played such fast tempos in the Woody Herman band, being well received at the Three Deuces, how Charlie Parker never told him what to do but showed him, how playing with Parker was his "college and graduate school," why Parker wanted him in the band, taking a $125 pay cut to join Parker's band after Herman's, the 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert, Parker not wanting to rehearse, the Clint Eastwood movie Bird and its accuracy, Chan Parker's influence on the movie, the conscientiousness of the actor, how "Hollywood never gets a real-life jazz picture," the lower prevalence of drug use among young jazz musicians, following the leader on drugs and conduct, Rodney's comeback and the role of his wife, and getting his teeth fixed. The Rodney interview ends here, and is followed by audio of and narration for George Forman's boxing championship read by Ian Thistle, part of an episode of Fresh Air featuring author Walter Kirn (contains frank discussion of sexuality and psychological abuse), another episode of Fresh Air hosted by Chris Spurgeon discussing Thom Jones' book The Pugilist at Rest, news reports from the time concerning U.S. military activity in Somalia and debates over health care, the Hatch Act, and discussion of recent and upcoming episodes of L.A. Law
Ron Perry
No full textRon Perry is a member of the Richs College wrestling team. He is a graduate of Uintah High School. He is the son of Rodney and Lanae Perry
[Laughing Down the Aisle ft. Rodney Perry-Jonathan Slocumb-Damon Williams, Chocolate-Lester Barrie]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Laughing Down the Aisle event that featured performances by comedians Rodney Perry, Jonathan Slocumb, Damon Williams, and Chocolate-Lester Barrie live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Walter Rodney Collection
No full textThe Walter Rodney Collection is a compilation of materials donated by a number of individuals and institutions. The donations help to broaden the documentation about the life, contributions, influence, and legacy of Walter Rodney. The collection also includes the work of the Walter Rodney Foundation in establishing the Walter Rodney Symposium and documents the annual symposia through video, ephemera, and photographs. The Walter Rodney Collection will continue to grow as more donations are made. The collection complements the Walter Rodney Papers that were donated to the Robert W. Woodruff Library in 2004.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at [email protected]
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