October 5, 2021
We
are back!We hope you enjoyed your summer, and that you will join us for
the next installment of ‘79’s Authors & Artists Series, when we get
together for Whose Blues? A Conversation About Race and the
Future of the Music with Adam Gussow, Margaret (Peggy) Russell and Mimi
Chen” on October 30, 2021 at 11:30 AM EST.Adam—both artist and
author-- is well known as an award-winning blues musician and has
published six books. He will discuss his work and influences with
contemporary legal scholar Peggy Russell and music-world maven Mimi
Chen, and answer audience questions, in what is sure to be a fascinating
event. Register here
Besides
his most recent book, “Whose Blues: Facing Up in Race and the Future of
Music,” Adam’s books include “Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the
Blues Tradition, and “Mister Satan’s Apprentice,” a memoir which
chronicles the musical partnership between Adam and his mentor, Sterling
“Mr. Satan” Magee that spawned in six CDs and worldwide tours.“Mr.
Satan’s Apprentice” was also the subject of an award-winning 2018
documentary, Satan & Adam. When not making music, Adam is a
professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of
Mississippi in Oxford.
Professor Margaret M. (Peggy) Russell
teaches law at Santa Clara University. She is a frequent media
commentator, op-ed contributor, and speaker locally and nationally on
issues related to racial justice and the U.S. Constitution. In recent
years, she has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, a
visiting professor at Northeastern University, and a Fulbright scholar
in Tanzania. After Princeton and before becoming a law professor, Peggy
graduated from Stanford Law School, clerked for a federal judge in
Madison, Wisconsin, and worked for a public interest law in San
Francisco. She is a co-founder of two nonprofits, the East Palo Alto
Community Law Project and the Equal Justice Society, and an elected
member of the American Law Institute. Her past board service includes
the National American Civil Liberties Union, the American Constitution
Society, the Oakland Museum, the Museum of the African Diaspora, and
Tenpyozan Buddhist Monastery.
Mimi Chen is most known for being an
FM rock radio disc jockey who has worked in Trenton (WPST-FM),
Philadelphia (WMMR-FM), San Francisco, (KSAN-FM, KRQR-FM and other
stations) and Los Angeles (KCSN-FM, KSCA-FM). While at KDBK-FM, she
became the first Asian-American talk radio host in an English speaking
format, in the midday time slot. She also sings and has sung the
National Anthem for the A's, The Giants, The California State Warriors
and The Angels. She hosted the top-rated radio show "Peace, Love and
Sunday Mornings" at 100.3 The Sound (KSWD-FM) in Los Angeles which
according to the ratings was ranked #1 in the 12+ demographics of
Neilsen in its time slot. An abbreviated version of her show currently
runs at 88.5FM Sundays from 1 - 3PM PT.
Join us on October 30!
Kathryn Reimann and Bruce Petersen, Co-Chairs Class of 1979 Authors and Artists Series