Today, we have an episode with four amazing scholars, Dr. Lisa Barg, Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Dr. Dee Spencer and Dr. Sherrie Tucker, to discuss the life, signficance, and legacy of the Melba Liston, a pioneering jazz instrumentalist, composer, and arranger.
Here's a link to the introduction to the Melba Liston Research Collective
In this episode, we wrap the section on the Democratic Party in California in the 1850's.
In the episode, we sketch a brief bio of the poet and writer Joaquin Miller and read some of his more famous poems.
We continue the story of California and the Civil War by discussing the fighting in the Southwest.