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“The Latinization of Art and Culture in America”
“The Impact of Latin Music on US Pop Culture: From Ragtime to Rock ‘n’ Roll”
An analysis of the influence of Afro-Cuban music in ragtime, jazz, boogie-woogie, rhythm & blues, rockabilly, funk, and rock ‘n’ roll.
First presented at the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication and the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (10.19.2005) (Live Webcast)
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