CHICAGO (Oct. 23) –The Friends of the Library Signature Showcase presents The Transformation of Black Music: A Conversation with Melanie Zeck and Bobbi Wilsyn, a discussion focusing on the release of The Transformation of Black Music: The Rythms, Songs, and the Ships of the African Diaspora, co-authored by Zeck and the late Samuel A. Floyd Jr., founding director of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago.

Who:
Melanie Zeck, Center for Black Music Research Fellow 
Bobbi Wilsyn, Associate Professor of Music and jazz vocalist 

Where: 
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3^rd Floor Reading Room
 
When: 
Thursday, October 26
4-6 p.m.

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