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Bennington College History: Black Music: Photographs

A guide to the history of Black Music at Bennington College.

Milford Graves Playing Drums

Bill Dixon, Concert Rehearsal, May 11, 1973

Arthur Brooks, 1980

Bill Dixon Conducts, Comstock Prison, November 1973

Arthur Brooks, c1978

Sidney Smart, 1974

Clayton Riley, 1974

Bill Dixon teaching aesthetics class, fall 1973

Bill Dixon at Bennington College

"A Statement in Black Music" - George Barrow concert May 24, 1978 Commons Theater

Bill Dixon Ensemble. May 1974

Milford Graves, Stephen Horenstein, Bill Dixon, Henry Letcher, Susan Feiner, Jay Ash, Sidney Smart, Arthur Brooks.

Milford Graves, Stephen Horenstein, Bill Dixon, Henry Letcher, Susan Feiner, Jay Ash, Sidney Smart, Arthur Brooks.

Milford Graves, Stephen Horenstein, Bill Dixon, Henry Letcher, Susan Feiner, Jay Ash, Sidney Smart, Arthur Brooks.

Milford Graves, Stephen Horenstein, Bill Dixon, Henry Letcher, Susan Feiner, Jay Ash, Sidney Smart, Arthur Brooks.

Bill Dixon and Glynis Loman - Jack Moore's Improvisation Class, 1973

Arthur Brooks Performing, 1978

Milford Graves on drums, Charles Gayle on saxophone, 1996

Arthur Brooks

Milford Graves

Bill Dixon Holding Trumpet

Milford Graves, 1970

George Barrow concert May 24, 1978 Commons Theater

Henry Letcher, '77 Hadley Black Music Fellow. Photograph taken in 1974