The Right to Tell: Listening Practices, Race, and Recordings, 1947-1974 The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation King, Michael Sasha. 2020. The Right to Tell: Listening Practices, Race, and Recordings, 1947-1974. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365782 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA "#$!%&'#(!()!"$**+!,&-($.&.'!/012(&2$-3!%12$3!1.4!%$2)04&.'-3!567895687! ! "!#$%%&'()($*+!,'&%&+(&#! -.! /$01)&2!3)%1)!4$+5! (*! 61&!7*88$((&&!*+!9$51&'!:&5'&&%!$+!"8&'$0)+!3(;#$&%! $+!,)'($)2!<;2<$228&+(!*<!(1&!'&=;$'&8&+(%!<*'!(1&!#&5'&&!*<! :*0(*'!*<!>1$2*%*,1.! $+!(1&!%;-?&0(!*<! 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