Logan Westbrooks holds an important place in the history of the music industry. As one of the first heads of a black music division at a major label, he opened the doors to other black artists and executives.
This exhibit features photographs and ephemera from the Logan H. Westbrooks Collection and documents Westbrooks’s influence on the music industry during his time at Capitol, Mercury, CBS, Soul Train, and Source Records. Included are photographs of Lou Rawls, Gamble and Huff, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Chuck Brown, Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius, and many others.
Westbrooks will also present two 60-minute public lectures in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center on Feb. 4th at 5:00 pm and the Showers City Hall on Feb. 5th at 6:30 pm. Receptions to follow both events. An additional exhibit on the black music industry will be featured in the lobby of the Showers City Hall from Feb. 1th-Feb. 28th.
Additional information on Westbrooks and his collection at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture is available online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/westbrooks.html
Sponsors:
Archives of African American Music and Culture; Liberal Arts and Management Program; Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center; Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs; Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; Bloomington City Hall; African American Arts Institute; African American & African Diaspora Studies; American Studies
• COST: free
• WHERE: IU Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington.
812-855-9271