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Dave Bartholomew Shaped the Sound of New Orleans Rock.

Rock and Roll Historian Ed Ward looks back at the impact Record Producer Dave Bartholomew had on the New Orleans music scene. He produced recordings for Fat's Domino, The Hawks, Lloyd Price and Shirley & Lee. Bartholomew's work as a record producer was collected by EMI in an anthology in 1992.

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Violence, Youth, and Cities: Training Teens to Solve Problems Without Violence.

Geoffrey Canada is a community activist in Harlem and author of Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America. It is published by Beacon Press 1995. Canada is President of Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families in Harlem. Through his work, Canada teaches children how to solve problems without using violence. Part of this approach is to teach martial arts to his kids. (Rebroadcast of 6/6/1995)

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