KEYNOTE: Citizen Monk: Stories of Civic Engagement and Visionary Politics
Robin Kelley
Published: 2009-09-11
VIDEO: Dr. Kelley discusses the defiance of form
that characterized Thelonius Monk's music,
and argues that even if Monk viewed his
own music as apolitical, it still inspired
political action by exemplifying an ethos of
freedom that applies directly to the social world. TEXT: An abstract and Dr. Kelley's biography.
