[Swprograms] BBC World Service: Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Came across this while browsing the BBC World Service website.

The BBC has invited historian Prof David Blight of Yale University to
present the 2015 Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture...

"...At a time when the issue of race is at the forefront of debate in
America, Prof Blight will explore how the role and experience of
African-Americans during and after the war is often overshadowed by
stories of brave men from the North and South."

I perk up anytime I see mention of Cooke...his "Letter From America"
program was one of the half-dozen "listening appointments" I kept each
week, along with RNW's "Media Network" and DW's "Larry Wayne's Random
Selection"...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qh7vf

By the way, more than 500 episodes of "Letter From America" can be
heard at the BBC website, including one from 1949; it looks like
everything since 1978 is available online.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6hbp

Best regards,

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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