Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor
Christopher A. Brooks and Robert Sims
Indiana University Press
Bill Doggett writes:
#BLACKLIVESMATTER,
#BLACKMENMATTER: Meet Roland Hayes: Pioneering Black
Tenor, Entrepreneur, Political Activist and Humanitarian [1887-1977] whose story
and legacy have critical meaning and value for 2015.
Brand New This Month We announce the release of Roland Hayes:
The Legacy of an American Tenor (Indiana
University Press, January 2015), by
Christopher A. Brooks, internationally renowned
author and biographer and renowned baritone and Roland Hayes specialist Robert
Sims. This outstanding new biography
is available now on amazon.com
ROLAND HAYES’S STORY is the story of struggle and critical
triumph of generations of black men before Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Emmett Till which has been the
struggle and triumph over racism, indignity and humiliation. Hayes
triumphed and touched millions worldwide by
the power of his artistic gift: the Gift of Song coupled with a never wavering
insistence for human dignity and the uplift of a universal spirit of common humanity
through music.
EVENTS: February 23, 2015- 6:00 pm
Chicago Illinois::Book signing with the authors and Concert of Roland
Hayes Spirituals by Robert Sims: Harold Washington Public Library 6pm
400 South State Street, Chicago 60605. Event is free and open to the
public http://www.chipublib.org/locations/15/
February
18, 2015: Richmond Virginia Commonwealth University:Book signing with
Christopher A Brooks: 821 West Franklin Street, Richmond Virginia 23294 http://www.vcu.edu/ Event is free and open to the public.
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Thank you Bill. May I share with you the new website portal for this book.
http://www.billdoggettproductions.com/Roland-Hayes-New-Biography.html
*this page has immediate audio sound,. a Memorabilia Slide Show and Events page* [Bill Doggett]http://www.billdoggettproductions.com/Roland-Hayes-New-Biography.html
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