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A preview of the 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series and a look at a thriving Mandolin orchestra

By Doug Doyle
Published February 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM EST
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The theme of the 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series is Of No Nation: Black Activism for Transnational Liberation
Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience
The theme of the 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series is Of No Nation: Black Activism for Transnational Liberation

On the February 1 WBGO Journal...

Host Doug Doyle chats with the organizers of the 45th Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series (February 15 at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark) , Dr. Jack Tchen and Dr. Lacey Hunter of the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience….

And WBGO’s Jon Kalish reports on a mandolin orchestra that is still going strong….

Mandolinist Mike Marshall with a mandocello during an instructional video
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Mandolinist Mike Marshall with a mandocello during an instructional video

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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