Join renowned flutist and lecturer, Galen Abdur-Razzaq for Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement, a combined lecture and musical performance. Galen will perform a flute prelude followed by a presentation chronicling the music from the turn of the century to the present day, highlighting various artists, their music, their influence on the evolution of jazz, and their struggles. It illustrates how jazz became an advocacy for the Civil Rights Movement, with proceeds from jazz concerts used to finance major events such as the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington in 1963. The lecture is infused with music demonstrations and attendees will have an opportunity to test their knowledge through a trivia quiz.

An educator, arranger, composer, and director, Abdur-Razzaq studied at the Berklee College of Music and earned a master’s degree in education from Rutgers University. For more than 30 years, he has performed and spoken to college and university students across the country.

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This program is a collaboration of Flint Memorial Library, Haverhill Public Library, and Memorial Hall Library, Libraries Working Towards Social Justice.