Relevant or Irrelevant

Dr. Brian Roberts, Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, joins the 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 discussion to help us learn more about his 2017 book 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 1812-1925.

Show Notes

Dr. Brian Roberts, Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, joins the Relevant or Irrelevant discussion to help us learn more about his 2017 book Blackface Nation: Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925.

Relevant or Irrelevant is recorded at the studios of KALA-FM, Davenport, IA-Quad Cities.


What is Relevant or Irrelevant?

In this weekly show, hosts John Kealey and Jay Swords examine events of history through the discussion of books, journal articles, papers, and presentations, then historians and history buffs ask the question, what is relevant or irrelevant in today’s world.

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