TV Interview: How Harry T. Burleigh Changed American Music
Craig von Buseck speaks with Sean Latterty of WJET-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania, about the impact of Harry T. Burleigh on American music. Watch now. Order your copy of Nobody Knows: The Harry T. Burleigh Story #HarryTBurleigh #NobodyKnowsbook #NobodyKnowsTheHarryTBurleighStory #TheSpirituals #TheNegroSpirituals #NobodyKnows #AmericanMusic #Music #AfricanAmerican #AfricanAmericanSpirituals #WJET #WJETTV #CraigvonBuseck #DrCraigvonBuseck #SeanLatterty
Let Freedom Ring - Bridging the Racial Divide
In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King appealed to the American nation to recognize the sins of slavery and racial hatred and to do something tangible to heal the wounds. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice… But one hundred years late
Reconciling the Races 'Under God' – Part 2
Craig: There has been much progress since Martin Luther King gave his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech, but we still have a long way to go. Michael: Amen. Craig: Where do you see the biggest needs in terms of race relations in the United States? Michael: It's such a huge, stinky issue. I liken it to a porcupine. You don't know where to grab hold of it because every part is sticky. It's very tough and I feel overwhelmed sometimes, even with the E.R.A.C.E. Foundation, like where
Michael Tait: Reconciling the Races ‘Under God’ – Part 1
Craig von Buseck: Your book, 'Under God' is thought-provoking and inspiring. But it is also controversial, because you didn't only show the positive side of the struggle for freedom, you also showed the negative side -- the side where people were wounded or even killed in the fight for freedom. I am grateful to you for your approach because I believe the Church needs to understand where we have done well in race relations and where we have not done so well. Why did you take s
