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Tributes continue to celebrate the life of pop star and musical icon Michael Jackson, who died last week (June 25) at the age of 50. Three Indiana University experts on popular music are available to discuss the Indiana native's life and musical legacy. Glenn Gass is a professor at IU's Jacobs School of Music and author of the first for-credit course at any music school or conservatory on the history of rock 'n' roll. Portia Maultsby is a professor in IU's Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Charles Sykes, director of IU's African American Arts Institute and an adjunct professor of folklore and ethnomusicology, developed the first for-credit college course on the Motown Record Corp.
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Millions of people worldwide are mourning Thursday's (June 25) death of pop star and musical icon Michael Jackson at the age of 50. An IU expert on popular music is available to discuss the Indiana native's life and musical legacy.
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Indiana University will honor the 11th annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration, sponsored by IU's Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, with a one-evening gala Friday, June 26, at 5 p.m. Juneteenth recalls June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom.
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The 11th annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration sponsored by Indiana University's Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and previously scheduled as two-day event has been consolidated into a one-evening gala on June 26.
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This is the first year for Camp S.O.U.L. (Students Obtaining Unique musical Levels) at Indiana University under the leadership of Professor Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, director of the IU Soul Revue. Underrepresented high school students from the state of Indiana will participate in a week-long camp. The culminating event will be a free concert at 11 a.m. Friday (June 19).
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The Asian Culture Center (ACC) at IU Bloomington will hold its 10th annual Culture Camp for Children. The center is offering free workshops July 13-24 to groups of children between 6 and 12 years of age.
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