Re: [Swprograms] BBC World Service: Alistair Cooke Memorial Lecture

["Mark J. Fine" <mark.fine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bookmarked. Thanks Rich.

v/r Mark

> On May 13, 2015, at 10:36 PM, Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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