{"id":713,"date":"2022-06-17T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:08:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:08:12","slug":"juneteenth-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/2022\/06\/17\/juneteenth-jamboree\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth Jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019ve been waiting for Juneteenth to roll around again, ever since it was made a federal holiday last year (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/UNCb10716133\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">An Act to Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a Legal Public Holiday<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">). This weekend we hope for good weather, joyful celebration, and an opportunity to reflect on the work that still remains to be done in the US around racial equity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This weekend, why not give a listen to two versions of \u201cJuneteenth Jamboree\u201d, selected for us by our very own Stephen (of INSIST! fame).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HqPfSWEFMtc\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Juneteenth Jamboree&#8221; &#8211; Fatso Bentley<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Juneteenth Jamboree&quot; - Fatso Bentley\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HqPfSWEFMtc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our first version comes to us from Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), a gender-non-conforming lesbian who unapologetically sang in speakeasies in Harlem and made her own way in the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more on race and sexuality in Harlem, and on Gladys herself, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE008717349\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies : performance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by James F. Wilson.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you\u2019re more feeling a documentary, Duke Libraries offers \u201cUnladylike2020: unsung women who changed America\u201d, both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE009961616\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">streaming<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE009898919\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">on DVD<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qsvq1BgJsOI\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Juneteenth Jambouree\u00a0\u00a0 Louis Jordan<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Juneteenth Jambouree   Louis Jordan\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsvq1BgJsOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then we have this amazing recording of Louis Jordan (1908-1975), complete with some serious dance moves. Jordan cut across genres, and changed the face of music and R&amp;B forever. Read more about Jordan in <\/span><em>Louis Jordan: son of Arkansas<\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>\u00a0father of R&amp;B<\/em> by Stephen Koch (<a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE006062774\">find it in the library here<\/a>), or explore more of his contributions to musical history with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE010016792\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Platinum Collection<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, streaming online through Duke Libraries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been waiting for Juneteenth to roll around again, ever since it was made a federal holiday last year (An Act to Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a Legal Public Holiday). This weekend we hope for good weather, joyful celebration, and an opportunity to reflect on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/2022\/06\/17\/juneteenth-jamboree\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Juneteenth Jamboree<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-music","category-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/signalboost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}