Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fables of Faubus

Fifty years ago Mingus Columbia released 'The Fables of Faubus', Mingus' condemnation of Governor Faubus' attempt to stop the integration of Arkansas schools.

http://www.jazzwax.com/2009/05/charles-mingus-fables-of-faubus.html

In a bit of family history that I'm pretty proud of, my uncle was there as part of the 101st airborne unit sent to protect the African-American students.

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